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Cranes and seasons, the Assiniboine story

JR

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February 21, 2021

Maybe it’s because sandhill cranes are starting to return north from our Middle Rio Grande Valley that I keep thinking of this Assiniboine story about the creation of seasons. I came across the story in an essay called Long Time Ago by the late James Welch. I liked his line, “It is remarkable how logical …

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Categories: 2020, birds, dogs, Native Americans, Placitas, seasons•Tags: cranes, Sadie•

A week’s time

JR

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November 14, 2015

Evening path. Fruitful piñon. Orphaned oak. November. Paris on my mind. Trying to get my head around war. Democratic debate tonight. I’ll see what Hillary Clinton has to say. Overlooking the gravel mine and car wrecks at dusk. The mine is encroaching on my home and my Honda is suddenly banged up, but tonight I …

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Categories: Passing by•Tags: cranes, seasons, war•

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