January thaw in New England is an iffy deal. I've seen long periods when the temperature soared towards the seventies. But, I've also seen hurry up jobs where it got into the fifties for a single day and then dove into the frigid teens.
January Thaw
Nautical
what child growing up on stories of the sea by father and uncles can resist dazzling tales of Caribbean piracy?
Cat TV
Xenia works tirelessly to improve her humans.
Tears
Go ahead and shed a few. It's good for you.
An Education
Life in the Village was not just about playing at the coffeehouses. It was about understanding the intellectual and artistic background of life. You'd be sitting with a fellow habituate listening to a discourse on Proust one day, Aristotle the next, and Steinbeck the day succeeding.
New Years
We walked a long way—miles from Pelham to Broadway. The streets went from slushy to icy at the end.
Bristol 27
A friend owned a Bristol 27. A boat that could be comfortable for two on extended cruising but wasn't something two people could liveaboard.
Winter, Bah, Humbug!
Between the end of the Christmas Season and the third week of February, I get seasonally affected by the intolerable dark, wet, snowy, gray, and generally cruddy weather of New England.
Train yard
The building was an ancient mill building overlooking the Boston and Maine railroad tracks in Charlestown.
Marooned
Everyone had a "handle" - a nickname, at the Folkie Palace.
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