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Thistle: No More Waiting

Posted on April 13, 2013 by unmowed

Last December, I was at the Beacon train station, and I noticed a really magnificent specimen of a thistle. It was growing, still green in December, thriving among the gravel so carefully placed to keep weeds down (see Thistle: Waiting for the … Continue reading →

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Thistle: A Visit From a Poet

Posted on December 18, 2012 by unmowed

For those of you who celebrate Christmas, a certain poem was probably part of your upbringing, along with Frosty and Rudolph and all that sort of thing. You know the one I mean. You heard it, I heard it, we … Continue reading →

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Thistle: Waiting for the Train

Posted on December 6, 2012 by unmowed

The Beacon train station. Waiting around for the train to New York City on a chilly damp day. It’s a long wait, and the train is running late, and the commuters are starting to grumble. Nothing to do but scout … Continue reading →

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