Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

Wind

Mistrals, monsoons, sirocco, sharav

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Jul 05, 2025
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“A Windmill at Montmartre” (1845), Camille Corot

I was in the desert a couple weeks ago with an audio engineer, taking decibel readings in what’s believed to be one of the most quiet places in the United States, and we talked—when we weren’t measuring the quiet—a lot about wind.

I find wind amazing, just so strange. Here are some things I’ve thought and/o…

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