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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…
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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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September 25, 2022Watch now (1 min) | Good morning! It’s the last Sunday of September. That went fast, didn’t it? Today I propose we slow things down with a grounding…
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Good morning! It’s Saturday. After staring at it for more than two years, I finally mended this blanket that belongs to my niece. (Can I even say…
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September 23, 2022Hello and happy Friday to you all! It’s a brisk and cloudy afternoon here in Maine, but in our imaginary Respiteer playroom it’s always sunny an…
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Good morning! Another Friday has found us. Here in Maine, the first day of autumn brought all the rain we’d missed in June, July, and August. After…
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