Sage of Swampacres Rain At Dawn
A dawn scene at Dorset describes a gentle rain, waking woods and birds. The narrator notes crow calls from Rupert Ridge, flickers by a brook, a phoebe’s song, and a nearby lady bird inviting a chase. Birds prepare to occupy cottage boxes as a woodpecker drums near a plank bridge.
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Dorset
Rupert Ridge
Phoebe
Tin Box
Mountain Towns Notes and Seaman Morgan Letter
Seaman Michael Morgan, son of Searsburg residents, reports shipping to Japan from Long Beach with a seven month voyage. He hopes to meet his Coast Guard brother John in Pearl Harbor on May 7. Also, Our Lady of Fatima Chapel resumes 9 and 11 Sunday Mass. Searsburg residents discuss Vermont 9 relocation. several locals and visitors are mentioned. The piece blends town notes with a personal diary entry about bird boxes and a Boy Scout helper aiding Swampacres.
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Michael Morgan
Henry Morgan
Searsburg
Long Beach
Calif
Japan
California
Michael
John
Coast Guard
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Robert Powers
Our Lady of Fatima Chapel
Vermont 9
Thomas Roche
New York City
William Braisted
Closter
N.J
Anders Olsen
Spring Valley
N.Y
Arnold Olsen
Mamaroneck
Heartwellville Road
Arlington Garden Club
Vermont
Arlington High School
Garden Club
Malcolm Cooper
Bill Gilbert
Rufus
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