Tag Archives: heat

A Change in the Night

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Doc Arnett

In the night, though,
the wind passed on,
leaving this quiet dawn of still branches
and gentle sky, Continue reading →

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Hard Ground

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes we are called to a task
that we cannot quite complete
but must make a beginning,
leaving its finishing until
the soil is softer
or we are strengthened, Continue reading →

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Answered Prayer

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Doc Arnett

After these weeks of triple digit heat
in a summer that began in April,
this second season of drought Continue reading →

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A Small Triumph

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It is the day of the Warrior Dash, another hot day in late June in central Kentucky. For the last six weeks, there hasn’t been a night that I have not awakened, thinking about this event. Continue reading →

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An Unseasonable Heat

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Doc Arnett

The grass on berm and bank
is dry and stiff,
the color of despair. Continue reading →

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Valor vs. Discretion

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Doc Arnett

By ten o’clock, we were in the eighties and well on own way to a predicted heat index of a hundred-and-one. My occasional bits of work in the un-shaded parts soon had my clothes soaked with sweat. Continue reading →

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Small Honor

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Today, I would love to stay here for a few hours, sitting in the shade, talking quietly and resting. I would like to spend some time talking about my father who died two years ago on this day, remembering fishing trips and working on houses with him. That is what I would like to do. Continue reading →

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Trouble Shooting

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I’m a bit suspicious that our society spends too much time complaining and too little time praying. We treat inconveniences as if they were afflictions and afflictions as if they were torture. Continue reading →

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Amish Hay

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Farmland spreads out for miles,
remarkably green in the heavy heat of August. Continue reading →

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Shady Character

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Temperatures nearly twenty degrees lower brought a very welcome change, particular to the masonry crew that has been working on the new porch/entry on the south side of the administration building. Continue reading →

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