January
I feel very aware that it’s January. I like the month of January. It follows the hectic holiday season and sometimes just feels blank, like a hole in the calendar. It’s the dead of...
Monthly Archive: January 2026
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Good day to stay home and work on sewing in ends. I have 10+ squares to go on this one.
Ice (my kind) and fire
The rail trail was very icy. And it was raining lightly. So it was wet and slippery. But something came over me and I just wanted to walk it. It was a good workout...
A little hike
We’re having a January thaw. Enough snow and ice disappeared that we could take a chance on hiking up McFarland Mountain (734 feet) in Acadia. There were some great views. Patchy snow and melting...
We can’t harm it
I take comfort in the sun. It’s so far away and so powerful. We humans can’t possibly harm it or affect it in any way with our bullshit behavior. Bill McKibben wrote “it’s going to...
Random images
I was refilling the big jar of wheat berries from the bag and several spilled out on the floor. I swept them up and threw them outside. The birds must have gone crazy judging...
A Democratic Socialist New Year
We watched Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as New York City’s mayor today. It was so moving. I never lived in New York City but I’ve spent enough time there to almost feel like a New...