Every day I put together a list of six articles for you to enjoy. Every now and again I think the list is particularly strong. And, as it happens, today is one of those days. We are spoiled by so much good writing!

We are also spoiled to have access to so many great Kindle deals.

(Yesterday on the blog: Like an iPhone, Only Much More So)

Ice, Wind, and Unanswered Prayers

“The passage from frozen deadness to free-flowing water is different each year. Some years it is a slow, gradual, barely-noticeable transition as more and more glades form and join together to become open runways of moving water. Other years, it’s much more dramatic as the ice creaks and groans, often shaking our house as it shifts. Then, out of nowhere, a vast flow of ice from up river charges, jolts, and rips winter’s hold.”

Getting to Stop by Woods on a Snowy Evening

“This winter I was literally stopped in my tracks, in the woods, on a snowy evening, by mitral valve disease and found myself slowed down from my usual 45-year-old pace of classroom music teaching. At first this seemed like a hardship to me, something I


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