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shorter days (and smoky chipotle sweet potato soup)
nights come early now, darkness settling in even before we sit down to dinner. the snow melts; the last aspen leaves rattle and flutter...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
Oct 9, 20184 min read
woodsmoke
Swing the axe In the hour before daylight Note the sparks That attend to the blade — Jeffrey Foucault, Dishes If I look over the top...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
Oct 2, 20184 min read
good mom
She slowly emerges from the tall grasses at the lip of the crumbling fish ladder. Her head swings from side to side as she surveys the...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
Sep 25, 20182 min read
beyond the country
If you keep driving: beyond the outskirts, past the horses and hay bales, to the far side of split rail fences and civilization. If you...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
Sep 18, 20183 min read
town and country
Before I begin today’s post, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to those following my blog. Welcome to the world of coffee and...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
Sep 3, 20184 min read
the old chokecherry tree (and raw apricot cheesecake)
An almost imperceptible shift in the light. A slant of golden, the earth’s turning reflected in sunflowers’ faces. The skies blue again...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
Nov 19, 20152 min read
November Sky
Daybreak reveals a heavy grey blanket of sky, coming to rest just above slate mountains’ rise into icy peaks. It looks like November. ...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
Sep 15, 20152 min read
Orbit
This morning there is rain, a steady drumbeat against the corrugated tin roof, streams pouring out of gutter spouts and a grey mist...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
Sep 7, 20152 min read
Harvest
Autumn has arrived. I was away on travel for just over a week, and when I returned the season had changed. Days and nights cool,...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
Aug 31, 20153 min read
Blowin’ in the Wind
An unexpected and sudden storm blew in late afternoon last week. The skies in Montana had been thick with smoke from wildfires burning...
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