Congratulations to Matt on his addition to his family

CONGRATULATIONS to Matt and his family!!

Congratulations indeed!

DELIGHT of Humane kind, and Gods above,

Parent of Rome; Propitious Queen of Love,

Whose vital pow’r, Air, Earth, and Sea supplies,

And breeds what e’r is born beneath the rowling

Skies:

For every kind, by thy prolifique might,

Springs, and beholds the Regions of the light.

-Lucretius, tr. John Dryden

Thanks all!

I’ll be back in full force in a bit.

The little one is doing great. Her one year old sister seems pleased with her new baby toy. 😅

Kind of forgot I started writing this...

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Echoes of Monadnock

A fresh wind rises in the west

And springs on hills and valleys dressed

In green and gold with flowers blest,

But through your eyes I see it best–

Monadnock

In early summer, when you've grown

We'll clamber up the ancient stone

And make a little spot our own

And gaze out from a starlit throne

Monadnock

And as the years and seasons turn

We'll wander back o'er moss and fern

By little streams that fall and churn

And hear our calling voice return

Monadnock

When winter snows drift on the lea

And waning moon sinks o'er the bay

And all the rest has worn away–

Come back, and hear the mountains say

Monadnock