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February 28, 2024 by Dave Bonta

Fog full of birdsong. I look up from the page to a rumble of thunder that makes the windows shake.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags fog, thunder
July 25, 2022 by Dave Bonta

The sky never gets fully light before thunder starts to rumble. Now it’s getting dark again. The birds fall silent.

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April 26, 2022 by Dave Bonta

The tulip trees have burst their buds—a gray-green haze. Hermit thrush in my left ear, thunder in my right.

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