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March 7, 2017 by Dave Bonta

A flock of Canada geese somewhere in the clouds like a ghost army led by rusty bugles. A speeding white car emerges from the fog.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags Canada geese, cars, fog
September 8, 2013 by Dave Bonta

The Japanese stiltgrass is beginning to redden from the stems out. My niece goes up and down the road in the car, learning to drive.

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December 12, 2011 by Dave Bonta

Gurgle of the stream in my left ear, titmice in my right. The crunch of gravel as my dad’s Honda pulls up, silvery blue as new ice.

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On This Day

  • September 4, 2025
    Sun through a scrim of cirrus. The hillside ticks with chipmunks. Two white-breasted nuthatches call back and forth at the woods' edge.
  • September 4, 2024
    Another cold morning. The sun through thin cirrus casts a wan light over the clouds of blossoming snakeroot.
  • September 4, 2023
    A warm wind before dawn brings a feeling of dread for the coming week. The sound of a raccoon flipping rocks in the creek.
  • September 4, 2022
    Overcast with a restless feeling to the air. When the rain comes it is an autumn rain, quiet, lacking the exuberance of breeding birds.
  • September 4, 2021
    The sun passes through windrows of clouds. It’s quiet. I look forward to another day waiting for the Godot that is a Verizon repairman.

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