You cut that out!
Mother nature has clearly run out of meds—but then who can… Read More ➤
Tag: seasons
Open all the things!
Life in Vermont means you have some pretty unique days to celebrate. Town Meeting Day is the day for town/village elections and public meetings on referendums and such. I had never heard of this until moving up here, and frankly it’s a pretty cool thing. Then there’s Bennington Battle Day, a state holiday celebrating a particular battle in the Revolutionary war.
But there are also days… Read More ➤
Oh, Alaska… I mean, Vermont!
Back in the day, I loved that silly network show Northern Exposure. The humor and the quirky characters were a great escape from the dullitries¹ of college chores and work, and the storylines often played out like Alaska was some foreign land, long before Sarah Palin came along.
The kicker for me was always the wandering moose, which acted as the unofficial mascot of the show. At the time, a moose seemed about as American as a camel. (Isn’t a moose just a … Read More ➤
Variations on a Theme
Winter was pretty bad this year. The snow lingered for a bit, then we hit a few days of 60 degrees pretty early on. Now it’s April and we’ve hit 80 a few times already, despite some cool days below Read More ➤
Forgiveness
I think it’s almost time to forgive Mother Nature for all the evil she has perpetrated this summer.
Sometimes Mother Nature Isn’t a Raging Bitch.
Sometimes most pleasure is held in the simple, natural things. Walking to the bus stop every day, I pass trees that are on fire with color. There are more on campus and around Newark.
Although this seems to be the best foliage in years, I haven’t have time to… Read More ➤
Ah, the simple things!
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