Divinebunbun's Rugged Rural Missouri

Divinebunbun lives in a log cabin on 100 acres in the rocky Ozark foothills. Her porch is a box seat on nature and the seasons. This is her journal of chores and mysteries, natural history photos, and observations.

Saturday, November 14, 2020

Keep Going

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Was walking in a park savoring a beautiful weekday afternoon. Afternoons are a world I'm still exploring, closed to me for the 30 years ...

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Pan Dowdy

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My pots and pans hang above the stove and this is so convenient I forget that they are on display although rather the worse for years of wea...

Saturday, October 31, 2020

The Picture of Happiness

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I pined for a Nikon camera, nothing fancy or weighty, just a point-and-shoot with a few bells and whistles, and around 2004 finally bought a...

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Down the Road a Piece: A New Bridge

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Since 2001 a thousand times on walks I crossed that crumbling concrete asphalt-topped Doc Sargent Road bridge across the creek, maybe 15 fee...

Friday, October 23, 2020

Bread Snobbishness Is on the Rise

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We couldn't go out to buy bread so we made our bread: the whole nation. Of course I've always done it; my bread-making machines, one...

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Oh Brave and Faithful Plant

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In late spring the baby basil plants were mostly sold, leaving only leggy and fragile ones. On the way home, the healthiest plant fell ove...

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Stars and Mars

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Daylight veils and night-time reveals the most majestic sight of the planet Mars, like a huge red star, rising in the east soon after dark, ...

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Divinebunbun: A professional writer and editor, I love rural living, fresh vegetables, stargazing, May and June, cooking and hosting, and birdwatching.

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