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grace of bluebirds

April 15, 2015 by the life I picked

Yesterday morning I was heading downstairs to go out for a run when something on the radio made me pause. The Academic Minute, John Lurz from Tufts talking about the physicality of books– …

sending March out

April 3, 2015 by the life I picked

With a roar, for sure. Not the weather though– all of us are roaring, trying to hasten the exit of this malingering winter.

How did we survive it, this epic, still-going-strong-past-the-equinox winter of 2014-15?…

vernal equinox 2015

March 23, 2015 by the life I picked

Twas the first day of spring 2015, and it looked and felt like winter, of course. Snowing with temps in the 20’s, I am wondering if I will ever feel warm again.

A box of Sevilles at the ready and a bouquet of tulips showing their colors helped remind us that sunniness does exist (somewhere!) and will return someday. The dogs find joy in just about any weather, why don’t we?

Have tried to bear this winter with grace and humor but both wearing a bit thin…and yet…

Hope springs eternal xo

of frosted pipes, frigid winds and luge runs

March 8, 2015 by the life I picked

There have been a few nights when the wind’s been so emphatic I thought the roof was about to peel off, or maybe parts of the chimney. The latter stands between the two west-northwest facing windows in my bedroom, and the tremendous banging and clangings that emanate are a mystery. …

candle in the window

February 26, 2015 by the life I picked

Normally the light-sensitive electric candles come out of the windows by Mardi Gras, a sort of arbitrary cutoff I developed years ago when I found myself unable to remove them sooner….

to sleep, perchance to dream

February 24, 2015 by the life I picked

Toward the end of January my post-flu need for a lot more sleep merged with the onset of extreme cold to become a semi-hibernatory pattern. No more hauling up in the dark hours before dawn; it was just too damn cold and my body could not deal….

Ash Wednesday

February 18, 2015 by the life I picked

It dawned clear and below zero again here. In the early morning now Jupiter moves down the western sky and for a time pre-dawn hangs in the middle of my southwest window, brighter than any star….

snow, snow, cold; repeat

February 11, 2015 by the life I picked

Snow was general over the Northeast again this past weekend. I realized that this was in fact a nor’easter of sorts when I saw the snow gently piling up in the mudroom inside the bottom corner crack of the east-facing side door that needs a) to be replaced entirely or b) at the very least have some weather strip freshening….