Tag Archives: Mary Oliver

Rana Subaquavocalis: Meditations Upon a Rare Frog

(Over the years I’ve published a handful of pieces in Pilgrimage, a journal not unlike The Sun, which offers personal essays and poems with a strong sense of place and spirit. Now I’ve caught up with Telling It Real: The … Continue reading

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Bertha Rogers Understands Vultures

People refuse to see vultures, those common black bombers leisurely patrolling our skies. Two examples. Years ago, I stood on Monument Mountain in the Berkshires, which has rugged white outcroppings of quartzite like the raw uncut blocks for marble statues; … Continue reading

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