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Where have all the deipnosophists gone?

April 2, 2019 By Marilyn Webster Leave a Comment

table set with linens woven with colorgrown cotton

I learned a new word recently: deipnosophist. A few Saturdays ago, I was driving to meet my friend Sherri for a latte and turned on the radio, hoping to catch the quiz program Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me on National Public Radio. Instead the word game show Says You was playing. As I listened, a […]

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Approach, retreat, bark

February 1, 2019 By Marilyn Webster 1 Comment

Asha meets a turtle crossing the road

One overcast morning I was walking along a trail deep in thought – perhaps about how snow pants make such a difference on cold days like this one – when, up ahead, Asha did a double take and barked. It took me a few seconds to locate what had startled her – a dark mass […]

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Bridge over gentle waters

November 2, 2018 By Marilyn Webster Leave a Comment

bridge over gentle waters

On one of my let’s-see-where-this-trail-goes walks with Asha, we rounded a bend and came to a clearing of sorts with a wooden bridge over a burbling stream. The bridge invites me to pause, to stop. I drop a stick into the deep section of the stream. Asha waits for it to drift close enough that […]

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A “waste” of time?

September 16, 2018 By Marilyn Webster 2 Comments

dishes drying on a towel by the sink

On a walk in the woods with my puppy Asha, a sentence I’d read recently popped into my head: A tidy house is a sign of a wasted life. I mulled this over as I walked, growing more irritated with each step. Says who? I asked the trees and Asha. I wish I could remember […]

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Geese and indigo: Thoughts on wonder

May 10, 2018 By Marilyn Webster 4 Comments

Asha looking at the beaver pond

I wonder where the geese went, I say to my puppy Asha who is also staring out at the beaver pond. I like to think she remembers the creatures that honked and honked the day we first saw them. I haven’t seen the pair of Canada Geese for several days now. I delight in their […]

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