Reading for a snowy day

eagle weathervane

My state. Like so many others, this weekend is getting buried under snow. I've prepped for heating with the woodstove, prepared the snowblower, and charged all the rechargeable items and batteries. I've also prepared dinner items that can be warmed on top of the woodstove. I took the last of the fall pumpkins, and I'm …

Wait

Impatience this time of year is measured in inches.

Clean Up

It's happened a bit earlier than I'd like. Most years, we have a seasonal coverage of snow from mid-December to early March. I hustle outside in sapping season and start cleaning up the detritus of the fall, the rubbish that the first snows covered up, and that I conveniently forgot till the beginnings of mud …

Doldrums

Starting in about August I begin to keep a list of suggestions of things which are creative

On The Coast

Nights out with my honey are not too frequent. They require forethought, careful planning, and strategy. She is a night shift nurse, and balancing work commitments, time to sleep, and together time can be a dance. Last Sunday was the annual holiday concert of a great chorus we admire. We are usually gifted tickets to …

BPOE

Small nuggets of fact often are below mountains of folklore.

On the Border of the Woods

I do not think that anyone had looked into the neighboring woods, and they just had assumed that it was just another plot of abandoned, overgrown meadow that would soon be gobbled up for development.

Sweet Home

It was to Boston and Coastal Maine that I returned from expeditions elsewhere. Eventually, I found myself telling people when I was leaving that I was going home. Then I case my guitar, pack my pack, and hit the road heading back to Boston, Portland, or some similar location. Eventually, I just stayed,

Stream of Consciousness Saturday – November 1, 2005

planning pays huge dividends

The Grey Menace Goes Hunting

My all too wise Canadian feral cat, Clancy, saw himself as a tough guy.