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Wild turkeys

November 22, 2012 by Midge Raymond

Earlier this fall, before the rain and snow arrived, I went to the park to read and looked up to find myself surrounded by wild turkeys. (Click here to see them chowing down not far from my picnic blanket.) I’ve seen them before, usually up on the hiking trails, so it was wonderful to find …

On writing and empathy

July 19, 2012 by Midge Raymond

Having just returned from the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, I’m newly inspired not only in terms of my own writing but by the magnificence of the natural world and the ways in which we can appreciate and nurture it. Spending the week on the water, with deer roaming past our cabins every day, I found …