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fragments from the cruellest month

As Eliot puts it: “Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow…” The late Swedish poet Karin Boye is another poet who has expressed the painful drama of spring exquisitely in her famous poem Of Course It Hurts (Visst gör … Continue reading

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clouds and sun at woodlands

It’s changing fast now.  When I visited at Woodlands three weeks before these photos were taken it was still covered in (melting snow).  When I returned one week ago all snow was – as you can see – gone and … Continue reading

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