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October 2, 2022Watch now (1 min) | Good morning! It’s Sunday. Grab a mug, fill it with whatever suits your fancy, and join me outside for our nature Respite. We’ve walked the long meandering path through the field and to the bluff overlooking Penobscot Bay. Behind us, the comforting sounds of a…
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Good morning! ‘Tis Saturday, and October is upon us. This is it, my friends. It’s peak cider donut and autumnal nostalgia time. Even if you don’t like…
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September 30 Get-Together: Virtual Open MicHello, my dearest Respiteers—and happy Friday afternoon! Tis time for our weekly gathering. I propose we take a field trip from our usual imagin…
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Good morning! It’s Friday, and it’s the last day of September. Yesterday I did the annual washing of the windows. While filling my bucket at the faucet…
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September 29, 2022Listen now (1 min) | Good morning! It’s Thursday. After all that, I spotted a bee on the cosmos yesterday. Harmony having been restored in the garden, I…
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Good morning! It’s Wednesday. Yesterday’s Respite seems to have appeased the asters—though now the cosmos are giving me a strange look. Could they be…
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Good morning! It’s Tuesday. A few hours after yesterday’s Respite went out, I found a note pinned to the back door. In scraggly handwriting on a strip…
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Good morning! It’s Monday, and this aster wishes to debunk the notion that autumn in New England is nothing but red maple leaves and pumpkin spice…
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