Category Archives: Winter

What It Boils Down To

Posted on March 1, 2016 by

It’s that time of year in these colder regions where the maple sap is running.  This past weekend a number of local people have been busy boiling down their sap.  On a Saturday complimented by a stellar-blue jay sky, friends … Continue reading →

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The Power of Skunk

Posted on March 5, 2015 by

Skunk wafting on the wind is a scent I actually enjoy.  There has been an especially strong aroma lingering around the back of the house for the last couple of weeks.  Honestly, at first I thought either someone spilled a … Continue reading →

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All Manner of Comfortable Things

Posted on January 5, 2014 by

“I’m built for comfort, I ain’t built for speed”. This line from a song keeps going through my head.  I think it was Howlin’ Wolf .  Didn’t Canned Heat do a version of it also? (I can’t find it if … Continue reading →

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The Sore Throat Remedy in Our House

Posted on December 26, 2013 by

It’s that good ol’, bad ol’ winter cold time again. There are a few theories as to why this works (and it does).  I envision the bacteria in your throat, your lungs, your sinuses, being killed off naturally – just … Continue reading →

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Rejoice the Winter Solstice

Posted on December 21, 2013 by

Rejoice!  The Winter Solstice. The day began with a cup of chai.  Then lunch at a little French bistro with  family I haven’t seen in months.  Warm holiday feelings. Chocolate.  Baking.  My Mother’s Boots. There are some fruit flies pinging … Continue reading →

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What I Found While Walking in the Woods Today….

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Took a break today and walked along some winding back roads bordered by deep woods, which then led out to a highway.  During this short journey, I came across these items and wondered about their story. A dead bird lying … Continue reading →

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The January Bitch

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

Whew….. that was the crankiest of months, very glad that one is over. My rough January seemed to be set off surrounding the rescue of a spider….sort of. While having a conversation with my boss in the hallway, we simultaneously … Continue reading →

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The Saluki in the Floor

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

The phone call from the Middle East at six in the morning came as sort of a surprise. “Your puppy was just born, come and get her” prefaced the details of an invitation to leave the United States and reunite … Continue reading →

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Appliance Decor

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

We have a stacker washing machine in the bathroom upstairs, one of those top-loaders with the dryer that is actually attached to it and hangs over the top.  It fits in a narrow area that used to be a closet.  … Continue reading →

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My Best Snake Story

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

It appears I am building an unintended repertoire of Close Encounters With Wildlife stories.  I have been asked by someone to share “the one about the snake”, and so I give it to you here.  This particular vignette occurred in … Continue reading →

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Same Time Next Year

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

For about the last seventeen years or so, my family and I have been invited to a New Year’s Day brunch at the home of a wonderful couple.  They tend to invite a core of their same friends year after … Continue reading →

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Out With A Bang, In With A Smash

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Those of you who may have read The Shards of Our Lives earlier this year here may recall my bull-in-a-china-shop Significant Other and his propensity for breakage. New Year’s Eve – the ever familiar crash and “Oh, shit!”  It was … Continue reading →

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A Nice Start

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

The Clivia bloomed.

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And We Begin Anew

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

Here it comes…. 2012, our self-imposed start date to begin anew.  Let’s work to make it a good one.  Let’s all use our collective thoughts to move forward into something healthy, and intelligent, and kind.  Wishing all fresh beginnings and … Continue reading →

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A Poisoned World

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

Recently I read that under Proposition 65 in California, artificial Christmas trees are required to carry a warning label.  There is now consideration in New York State for consumer legislation to disclose a warning indicating a lead hazard in artificial … Continue reading →

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A Skill Not Possessed

Posted on December 24, 2011 by

I can’t wrap.  It’s an art I never mastered and I am sure it is connected to the same ADD tendencies that cause me to literally cry if I have to paint a room.  I just do not have the … Continue reading →

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Why I Love the Shortest Day of the Year

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

It’s plain and simple.  Once you hit the shortest day of the year, every day after that brings just a little bit more light and takes us ever so closer back to Spring. Hail the Winter Solstice!  Here comes the … Continue reading →

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The New Rules

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

It has been almost a  year since I put up my first post after waffling about putting up a tree for the holidays, deciding to do it, ending up getting into it in a deep way which had nothing to do with the … Continue reading →

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The Febs

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

The Febs We have officially slipped into February, the groundhog is a wimp, and I think I am coming down with a case of “The Febs”.  It was in the middle of one of those endless winters a number of years ago that I … Continue reading →

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One Redeeming Feature

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

I made this discovery only because we are experiencing some feisty weather around here this winter.  A couple of days ago it was -14 degrees Farenheit here.  That little dash is not a typo, it’s a minus; that is fourteen degrees … Continue reading →

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A Little Piece of Sun

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

A friend gave me some Paperwhite bulbs (Narcissus papyraceus for you botanical types) for Christmas. For those who might be unfamiliar, you force the bulbs in a pot indoors with the idea that they will bloom in the winter and … Continue reading →

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Ornaments of the Heart

Posted on January 16, 2011 by

December 31, 2010 It’s the first holiday in decades where we did not celebrate at home and the first year I have had to alternate the holiday, since my daughter has gotten married and has informed me that the rules … Continue reading →

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