August 2011 – Page 2 – Alan Wilkinson Blog

Post author:alangpwilkinson
Post published:August 21, 2011
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That was an unplanned absence. On Friday I was up on the range, talking on the phone, when a white pick-up came trundling towards me, and stopped fifty yards away.…

Post author:alangpwilkinson
Post published:August 18, 2011
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I’m spending more time watching the clouds than I have done since I was a ten-year-old boy. For the moment I seem to have time on my hands. I’m writing…

Crickets are not at all like Jiminy

Post author:alangpwilkinson
Post published:August 16, 2011
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Crickets, I discover, have more than one way of annoying you. They hide themselves away in dark corners and sing. They gather in the sink, looking like cockroaches, and greet…

Post author:alangpwilkinson
Post published:August 12, 2011
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It’s sunny and calm out there, with a clear blue sky and the little fire on which I cooked my steak is slowly dying. I’ve just dumped a load of…