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Let’s raise a glass
Here we are again, my old friend November. You’re a formidable foe, but you’re on the way out for another year and I’m still writing. So, here’s to you, November, and your relentlessly grey skies,...
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Till it shines
We got the call at 5.30 this morning: Wintry mix. Dangerous roads. Two-hour school delay. Oh heaven, back to bed. Ever since, though, I’ve been out of sync with the day. The sun rose, but you’d never...
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Who we met at the cat show
Last weekend we went up to Burlington to visit the annual cat show they put on there, something we’ve been meaning to do for years for H’s sake. It’s silly how long it can take us to get around to...
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It’s not unusual
Unless it is. Highly unusual. And cute. Watch this. While you play this. We’re just here to make you smile. (Thanks, H!)
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Denial is an ocean
I’ve heard the reports. Negative abysmal temperatures again tonight. Let’s just pretend, shall we? Let’s say we’re in that cottage by the ocean. You know the place. We’ve just unloaded the car and are...
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Hidden spring
The internet’s serving up photos of crocuses and daffodils. I hear tell of apple and pear blossoms, kids and lambs, and Easter egg hunts. Around here, spring seems reluctant. There’s tell-tale mud, to...
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Resting in this moment
October, it’s not your fault that you live next door to November (rude neighbors, always shouting cold wind until late into the night, leaving their dead leaves and bare, broken twigs on your lawn,...
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If there’s one thing you can count on…
Mt. Erebus, photo by Anthony Powell … come November, if I’m writing here, I’m going to mention that chilly word: Antarctica. So here we are, and the story this time is Ernest Shackleton’s. Surely...
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January letter
7 January 2015 2016 Dear Mom, I really wanted to talk to you today—about nothing in particular—and this seems the best way. Or the only way. If I don’t want to make the dog nervous by talking out...
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Holding a place
Today as the dog and I were walking on a early-February-dressed-as-late-March day, I thought to myself, Of course! It’s all geography! And then set my feet on the homeward path knowing I’d know what I...
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Area Woman Has Cold Hands
Teen Demolishes Mother in Battle of Musical Earworms In a entirely expected triumph, clever Teen (16) overcame predictable Mom (50) in a battle of the earworms early this morning. Mom came out strong...
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Mr. Stevens hears the chickadees singing
In honor of the start of a holiday week, a holiday of thanksgiving and gratitude, I’m taking a mental detour from the dire news and the relentlessly grey sky. Let’s look at shiny things instead. Or,...
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True North
Not so long ago, I wrote about community, about gathering together to shine a little light. Like families, some communities exist because of proximity, or a specific current urgency (an election, for...
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