my favorite word

Posted on March 8th, 2010, by elizabeth

 
 This morning I woke up feeling the old winds of saudade.
 
It’s my son’s 17th birthday today… and I was reminded of my 17th birthday which I celebrated long ago in Campos, Brasil.
 
Growing up in a small rural town, birthdays were subdued affairs in my family, just the usual - we got to choose dinner [...]

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Snowing in Florida?

Posted on March 2nd, 2010, by elizabeth

 

I know it’s been a wacky winter - too cold in the south, too warm in the north, wind & hail & thundersnow -  but I have to admit, I get irked when I read the misinformed global warming comments.
 
So to do my part in helping people understand climate change, below is a simplified [...]

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self-confessed tree hugger

Posted on February 26th, 2010, by elizabeth

 
For many of us on the east coast, we woke up this morning to a mess after a night of gale winds.  Down the street from our house a lovely (albeit rotten) old hemlock fell in the cemetery under thundering winds. I wonder why it’s so sad to see a giant tree down… as if a [...]

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