Category Archives: Nature

Arctic Express

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Doc Arnett

A man can stand a bit of trouble when it comes his way. A woman can tolerate some degree of disappointment when it happens from time to time. But to see it coming at you like a train can make you feel like jumping right off the track. Continue reading →

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This Ain’t No Dream, Baby!

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Doc Arnett

It is easier to consider that even storms bring wonder when we have a well-stocked pantry and a warm place to sleep at night.
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Choices

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Doc Arnett

In the dark of this morning’s dawning, I hold to these few minutes of quietness. Continue reading →

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The Indwelling

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Doc Arnett

I step across the last frozen stones,
open the back door,
welcoming the warmth that lives within,
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A Better Place

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Doc Arnett

There’s just something about a wind chill in the double digits below zero that makes you feel alive! Continue reading →

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Have You Heard the Ice Bells?

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Instead of the heavy, thick ice I expected, the formations were more like crystal bells, hollow and incredibly thin and fragile. Continue reading →

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Forever

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Doc Arnett

But even when faith has passed into sight
and hope into holding,
there will be love.
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Burning Pages

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Doc Arnett

I’d stand back, watch the creeping red glow, the gray smoke drifting up, sifting through the low branches. When the fire burned low, I’d walk along, stirring the remnants with the rake, watch the sudden flare as the air hit the smoldering pockets. Continue reading →

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Judgment Day

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Throngs of blackbirds twirl in sky dance
above the fields,
a fringe of foxtail bends in the wind,
almost white in the light of cool sun,
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Better than Predicted

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Whenever we have a choice about a day, a friend or the ending of some shared journey, we ought to choose to rehearse the memory that makes for better instead of worse.
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