Category Archives: environment

April Commences

Posted on April 8, 2020 by elainereardon

  April In the yard rivulets of water run through mud. I pick up the rake to drag mounds  of gravel back into deep tire  troughs. A warming sun shepherds in snowmelt and sap flow. Later, I look out the … Continue reading →

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Winter Sounds

Posted on January 2, 2020 by elainereardon

  Winter Sounds We’ve gotten used to sounds  deep in a winter night, a loud ping when the woodstove reaches some cooler temperature,  muffled tumbles of smoldering logs, the creak of pine floorboards  as if someone walked quietly. Downstairs the … Continue reading →

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Have You Been to Provincetown?

Posted on August 15, 2019 by elainereardon

This week I’ll share some photos from Provincetown, on Cape Cod, MA.  Commercial Street has about four or five blocks that are filled with a huge diversity of shops, restaurants, cafes, and people from all over.  You can find anything … Continue reading →

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Hopping on the Circle of Life

Posted on July 16, 2018 by elainereardon

I was gone from home a few days, and when I returned I found abundant amounts of baby rabbit poop–very tiny pellets that suggest the very young cottontail rabbits are venturing close to the house, and I’m curious what draws them … Continue reading →

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Thanks to the UCLA Writing Project for including my poem in their newest journal.

Posted on June 20, 2018 by elainereardon

Out of Anonymity, the Journal of the UCLA Writing Project is available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1985308096/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528078284&sr=1-3&keywords=Out+of+Anonymity+UCLA

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Thanks to Nichts.co.uk for publishing essay

Posted on June 17, 2018 by elainereardon

Published today at  https://nichts.co.uk/portfolio/in-the-shadow-of-grace/ https://nichts.co.uk/portfolio/in-the-shadow-of-grace/ This international journal based in Germany has a great design and focuses on our environment.  Please take a look. Elaine  

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Love’s Boundaries

Posted on May 17, 2018 by elainereardon

  Love’s Boundaries When the pipeline intended to carry fracked gas first made an appearance in the local newspaper, I was surprised. I hadn’t heard anything of it, yet our neighboring town’s select board was meeting, and they weren’t happy. … Continue reading →

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