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Blue Ridge: Streams Are Roaring

Merrill Gilfillan

November 16, 2011

Morning in the shade of a persimmon tree. Later, downstream below a hornbeam. A shy man hollers from across the valley.   Every other rhododendron flower holds a tiny bee, just the way each macaroni shell in pasta e fagioli eventually holds a bean.   A little Italian goes well up here. Latin, too&emdash;castanea, ruficapilla, caroliniana: Paroles: Dogwood calls the catbirds. Black cherry calls the blue.

Merrill Gilfillan


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