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Yellow Butterfly at Waterside
Yellow butterfly splayed out on red dirt road so still we thought it dead and sought to take it to our home to put under a dome Instead...
Jill MacCormack
Jul 12, 20211 min read
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A Very Rare Delight--Baby Northern Cardinal Sighted Twice this Week just off the Stratford Trail
There are not words for the way my breath was captured last evening when in the evergreens along a wooded path, our oldest daughter Maria...
Jill MacCormack
Jul 7, 20211 min read
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Welcome to PEI, a family of Northern Cardinals nesting in Stratford
This evening we headed out to look for apple sticks for our rabbits and were walking in a nearby park when a cute little skunk came...
Jill MacCormack
Jul 4, 20212 min read
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Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: 94 Calls to Action on Reconciliation
Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Instead of celebrating Canada Day, I walked this evening with my family in a march to honour all...
Jill MacCormack
Jul 1, 20212 min read
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25 Years of Marriage Haven't been Easy but they Have been Very,Very Good
Choosing love is not always an easy thing for me but opening my heart to the possibility of love showing its face after a time of...
Jill MacCormack
Jun 29, 20211 min read
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June Longing
It’s June now and the wind these nights Makes me want so much I feel like a dog. I can’t walk more than but a few steps Without being...
Jill MacCormack
Jun 7, 20211 min read
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Bain Bird Count 2021: Fun Citizen Science with Family
A little glimpse into our group's results from a recent bird count day for those of you interested. The Bain Count is named after Sir...
Jill MacCormack
Jun 4, 20213 min read
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If you, like me, are feeling shattered by the unimaginable loss Indigenous persons endure(d)...
Here is the full text of an email I received from 350.org with many helpful links: "Friends, We are cancelling our planned emails today...
Jill MacCormack
Jun 2, 20214 min read
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Spring Rain
Rain falling in twilight Glistens on Maple leaf umbrellas While little seed goblets Spill red to overflowing Droplets like blood, wine,...
Jill MacCormack
May 31, 20211 min read
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An untitled interpretation of Wang Wei's famous poem, Deer Park
Untitled Mountain devoid of human presence stands silent save remembrance of your voice. Bright green moss blankets the forest bed we...
Jill MacCormack
May 25, 20211 min read
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Wild Strawberry Blossoms and Gravestones
After the funeral mass a hunchbacked trail of masked mourners wove through the northside graveyard whipped by the wildness of a chilling...
Jill MacCormack
May 23, 20212 min read
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The Land is Alive--Please Join Me!
Press release for forum on this Sunday, May 16th which I am excited to be a presenter at. LAMP does wonderful work on social justice and...
Jill MacCormack
May 13, 20212 min read
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Jill MacCormack
May 9, 20210 min read
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Jill MacCormack
May 9, 20210 min read
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Mom's are Humans too, After All--What I've Learned About the Artist and Self-denial
As a mom to three wildly wonderful, intensely creative, caring, complicated, mostly adult humans, I fret a lot. Fretting is something I...
Jill MacCormack
May 9, 20214 min read
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Mayflowers and Mother's Day
Last Sunday May 2nd was a bright, cool day. We planned on a late afternoon trail walk and thought the Confederation Trail in Watervale...
Jill MacCormack
May 9, 20215 min read
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My April Garden Swells Green
My April Garden Swells Green This rainy April Morning my garden swells green With imaginings of Chives, Kale, Mint,Thyme--as Earth lends...
Jill MacCormack
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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Crown Point Road : In Gratitude for Preservation this Earth Day
Crown Point Rd suppertime April 21st, 2021 We park the car field edge and walk in red mud, tractor tire ruts Beneath a mixed canopy to a...
Jill MacCormack
Apr 22, 20212 min read
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I Wake in the Morning Early and I Dream of a World Where...
How an online community for a better world and a poem from my childhood came together this morning... When I was just a little girl I had...
Jill MacCormack
Apr 11, 20212 min read
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The Hurting of the World Demands Our Song--an old blog post from 2018
Mount Herbert November 21st, 2018 The air is blinking thick with flurries so we pull our hoods up to ease the worst of it, the best of...
Jill MacCormack
Mar 28, 20214 min read
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