Out, Out Damned Winter!

"Oh Lord, may we be truly grateful for what we are about to receive!"

Boring!

Last year, on this date, I set my first tap for maple syrup. It's a big deal for me. It helps break the tedium of winter days that sets in around early January. If the sap is rising in the maples, there is a finite amount of time left for winter to run it's course. …

Bored

I'm not an aggressive person. And I'm not the sort of person who goes all fang and claw over things. But stay out of my way when I am bored. The symptoms are apparent; I pace and talk about how we must get out of the house and go somewhere. And I'll fiddle restlessly in …