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  • Four Seasons and the Complete Madness of Human Beings

    By a man who has noticed that no matter what the weather is doing, people are absolutely certain it should be doing something else. Let’s begin in winter. Winter is the time of year when human beings collectively forget that cold exists. Every single year, without fail, it arrives like an unexpected tax bill. “Oh…

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  • Spring’s First Breath

    And what a morning! One of those rare ones that feels like it’s been waiting all winter just to unfold right in front of you. If I had the voice for it, I’d throw my head back and sing—something grand, something worthy of the world stretching its arms after a long, cold sleep. Hard to…

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  • Frozen Stillness

    Winter has come back to Henrico, and this time, she’s brought her full artillery. Everything is wrapped in ice—the trees, the sidewalks, the cars sitting like forgotten relics in driveways. The grass is gone, buried under a thick crust of frozen rain, and even the squirrels, usually nature’s little daredevils, have called it a day.…

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