I made an extra batch of those cinnamon rolls that we ate on Christmas morning, and tucked this tray in the back of the freezer. I pulled the tray out of the freezer last night; they didn’t get that one hour rise on the counter at room temperature this morning, due to our mad rush. [...]
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An Eagle threw a dead carcass of some animal on the ice and feasted. We watched the eagle soar to the trees across the lake, where he joined another Eagle high in the treetops on the other side. The eagles kept flying right over our window, while I lounged around on the sofa and read [...]
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Ice covers the lake. Sixty miles per hour winds broke large slabs of ice, creating jigsaw puzzles pieces marked with lines of ice-cold, ice-blue water. The night the winds came through, I tossed and turned in my bed, listening to the wind roar like a train, and remembering that my Mom, who once lived through [...]
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This is the black raspberry patch where we gather enough supplies for a summer morning breakfast. For decades, one of our year-round lake neighbors burns out the leaves, weeds and undergrowth that accumulate here. What a way to clear out the year’s remaining clutter. This year, my husband helped him set the fires. We watched. [...]
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