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Mary Hrovat
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Essayist and poet. Autistic. Books, trees, clouds, sky.

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September rose.
A red rose surrounded by green leaves, with part of another rose out of focus in the background. Brick path visible at lower right.
September 19, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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Friday's sky. Sunset clouds after a refreshing storm.
Dark gray clouds tinged with increasing sunset color from top to bottom. Treetop along the left side and another at bottom left. Power pole at lower right with multiple power lines crossing each other in the bottom half of the photo.
September 19, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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RIP, Annie Dillard. I reviewed her book For the Time Being in 2006. She wrote so beautifully.

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Book review: For the Time Being – Mary Hrovat
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September 18, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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Wednesday's sky. I'm guessing that clouds near the horizon were casting a shadow across the sunset colors.
Sunset sky with clouds in shades of dark gray and vivid salmon pink. A wide swath of darkness cuts across the pink on the left side of the photo. Hazy twilight sky near the horizon, with treetops along the bottom of the photo and part of a tall tree on the right.
September 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Sunday's sky.
Gauzy white clouds in a blue sky.
September 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Golden hour.
Near left center, two small trees in a grassy area are catching the late afternoon sunlight. Other trees appear in the background, and the scene is framed by tree branches in silhouette. Blue sky with some clouds.
September 14, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Friday's sky.
An irregular river of blue sky from upper right to bottom left, with clouds surrounding it.
September 12, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Wednesday's sky.
Bright clouds in a hazy sky at sunset. Treetops along the bottom of the photo.
September 10, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Tuesday's sky.
Pink and gray clouds in a pale blue sky moments after sunset. Treetops and a building along the bottom of the photo; a tree along the right side.
September 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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Moon and clouds, from a few weeks ago.
Waxing crescent moon visible through thin clouds, which are part of a beautiful cloudscape in a blue daylight sky.
September 8, 2026 at 5:12 AM
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Monday's sky.
Streamers of filmy pink clouds in a twilight sky. Treetops along the bottom of the frame, and a streetlight among the trees at lower right.
September 8, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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"Epitaph," by Wendell Berry. Set to music by Malcolm Dalglish and sung by the a cappella group Monkey Puzzle.

From Dalglish: "A funeral song that sets [WB]'s poem for his father to the Scottish/Irish bagpipe lament, Lochaber No More."

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Epitaph
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September 7, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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Late afternoon.
Small trees in a grassy area with a sidewalk. The sidewalk curves around a bend in the two-lane street visible at the bottom of the photo. Late-afternoon sunlight falls across the grass and the street. Buildings and fences in the background.
September 7, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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Twilight clouds.
A twilight sky with dark clouds at lower left, faintly lit around the edges. Treetops along the bottom of the photo.
September 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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Saturday's sky.
Clouds tinted with pink in a pale blue sky a few minutes before sunset. Trees on either side, and a green field with trees in the distance along the bottom of the photo.
September 6, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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Monday's sky.
Twilight sky with an orange glow near the horizon. Treetops in silhouette along the bottom of the image, with a lone street lamp.
September 1, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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Storm clouds getting biblical

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August 31, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Sunday's sky.
Layered clouds in a blue sky, with some sunset color near bottom center. Treetops along the bottom of the photo and at lower right. Cloudy sky near sunset, reflected in a window with trees and part of a building.
August 31, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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Saturday's sky.

"_Once_ for each thing. Just once; no more. And we too,
just once. And never again. But to have been
this once, completely, even if only once:
to have been at one with the earth, seems beyond undoing."

—Rilke, Duino Elegies, 9th Elegy; translated by Stephen Mitchell
A mackerel sky of small fluffy clouds fills most of the photo, with a fringe of gauzy clouds on the left. Some blue sky. Solid white clouds and part of a treetop at lower left.
August 30, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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Friday's sky.
Small puffy clouds in a blue sky, with treetops along the bottom of the photo.
August 29, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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Thursday's sky.
Clouds catching the last of the sunlight, framed by treetops at lower left and lower right.
August 28, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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Wednesday's sky. Wild clouds shortly before a thunderstorm rolled in.
Dark clouds and bright clouds against a gray background of more clouds.
August 27, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.”
― Robert Lynd
silhouette of two birds on branches of a bare tree
August 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Old brick wall.
A tall tree stands next to an old brick building in late-afternoon sunlight. A window on the right reflects trees and buildings.
August 26, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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Tuesday's sky.
Gauzy clouds in a blue sky.
August 26, 2026 at 3:46 AM