Conditions
We’ve been cross-country skiing a few times. Saturday, it took us about 2 hours to ski the Witches’ Hole Loop in Acadia. We entered from Duck Brook Bridge. It was well-traveled, but conditions were...
Category: seasons
70!
I spent my birthday in a snowstorm. It was wonderful. Two long heartfelt phone calls in the morning, and some shoveling. Then a trip to the island for a little coffee break and some...
A cold but easy day
We’re back home from Rockland. It’s 7 degrees, supposed to fall to -7 tonight. Somehow the cold doesn’t seem so bad. I just expect it to be cold – dress accordingly, or don’t go...
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...
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.
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...