4. Owed to Dad

June 12, 2012, 2:25 am

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This is a special Father’s Day post. The regular Apple Hill Cottage posts will resume next week. Dad died in March. He was 90 and until he was about 88, he was healthy, happy, and still playing golf. The last year wasn’t so good and the last few months were bad. He had always been […]

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For my friend

December 23, 2013, 7:46 am

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My friend Nancy died last night after a long fight with cancer. This is for you, Nance. A blue jay came to sit on my window sill as my friend was dying. I thought Do birds take our spirits to heaven? And as I  ponder this I see cardinals everywhere — five of them dashing, […]

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i have a friend who has demons in his head.

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April 18, 2020, 4:30 am

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We used to jokingly call him King Henry The First. He died on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, a cat’s life, well lived. I never felt right feeding birds while he was around; scattered bird seed was limited to very heavy snows when Henry was kept inside. So in December I bought a small feeder, some … Continue reading Meanderings on Comfort…