The Winter Solstice has long been a special time for those of us living far north of the equator. While for some it is—understandably—a hard, cold, dark time of year,…
The father of a dear, old childhood friend never liked to go back by the way he’d come. While I’ve fallen in love with the “loop walks” described in the…
As we approach the Winter Solstice, I value the sun more than ever, especially after the past few cloudy weeks here in Vermont. When I can, I walk on the…
We woke up to -18F this morning, normally ideal times to go see what has happened to the ice. Given the foot of snow we had over the weekend, however,…
Ice can appear so differently depending on variables like temperature, flow rates, the age of the ice and, in the photographs, the angle at which I’m viewing it. I was…
People often ask “how can you stand the cold.” My response? “I love it.” Yesterday I spent three hours along my favorite stream. The ice was astonishing, really other-worldly. More…
I was reminded this morning on Writer’s Almanac that 41 years ago today astronauts of the Apollo 17 mission made their iconic photographs of our planet. This is likely the…
…and being thankful for all he did to make the world a better place for all of us, and reminded by his death how much more remains to be done. Thank…
I love being in the woods here in North Carolina, so much like home but with touches of the bizarre and so prolific. The leaves of the many kinds of…
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