Revealing
The light snow that fell emphasizes the stillness of today. It sits quietly on everything. The pea trellis shows off its folds and turns. It’s tall, taller than I can reach, and the fencing...
Author: Catherine
Sense of smell
This morning I made muffins and soup stock. The muffins were a good way to use up pumpkin and applesauce from the fridge. The stock used up a lot of vegetables that are past...
Wintry mix
Freezing rain. The car was coated with a layer of ice. We had to scrape the windshield before heading to town for groceries. The weather forecast calls for a “wintry mix.” I always pause...
Land and water, December 30th
I walked down to the beach at Salt Pond yesterday. I observed changes in the landscape due to the winter storm last week. The first, and most obvious, was this huge root mass, taller...
Meandering toward 2023
It’s been a strange week. I don’t work anymore “outside the home” as they used to say, but I still have a sensation of being off work. I feel on hiatus, yet everything continues...
Trees and snow
What a storm. We are having perfect weather here for Christmas Eve, in the 20’s (F) and snowing lightly. The power is out. But we have a generator and a woodstove. No trees fell...
Hidden story
I am awake. It’s 3 am. Can’t sleep. Every time I set an alarm because I need to get up early, I wake up absurdly earlier than the alarm. Oh well. We are going...