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December 21, 2024
Good morning! It’s Saturday, and it’s one of my favorite and most auspicious days of the year: winter solstice! While our friends in the Southern…
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December 20 Get-Together: Vigils
Hello, and a very happy Friday afternoon my dear Respiteers! The gates to our imaginary Respiteer pavilion are open wide. I’ve invited this morning’s…
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December 20, 2024
Good morning! It’s Friday, and it appears that somebody had the audacity to go away from home. It also appears that somebody else will hold vigil until…
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December 19, 2024
Good morning! It’s Thursday, and as we near the darkest day of the year, my favorite menagerie has been put back into service. Every morning and…
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December 18, 2024
Good morning! It’s Wednesday. We’ve come down to the water to admire a sky that is putting on a dizzying show for us. Look at the shifting veils and…
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December 17, 2024
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and I’ve found us another potential home. Isn’t it beautiful? It sits alongside a relatively new trail that we’re building…
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December 16, 2024
Good morning! It’s Monday, and our world is once again frozen. Overnight temps have shot down to such low levels that even the crows, normally so hardy…
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December 15, 2024
Watch now | Good morning! It’s Sunday. We had quite the storm this week. The wind huffed and puffed, the house shook, the lights flickered, and the rain…
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December 14, 2024
Good morning! It’s Saturday. I was walking along the shore yesterday when I came around a corner and nearly smacked into this tree having a quiet moment…
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December 13 Get-Together: Jig-Jags
Hello my dear Respiteers! The sun has come out and our pavilion is looking particularly inviting. Won’t you join me for the next hour or so? I’d love to…
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December 13, 2024
Good morning! It’s Friday, and it’s our last Friday the Thirteenth until next June. Triskaidekaphobes might approach this with apprehension, but I see…
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December 12, 2024
Good morning! It’s Thursday, and we have our answer! Yesterday, at precisely three ripples past an acorn (or thereabouts), I glanced out the window and…
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