When the first snow covers the ground deeply, it is clearly a line crossed. That happened this week, as it often does by mid-November, as well as me crossing the…
Winter often comes to the Arctic in small steps with new falling snow and temperatures cold enough to form ice as clear indicators of its imminent arrival. This formation of…
In Vermont we enjoy talking about the weather because there is usually a lot of it and, honestly, sometimes not a great deal else to talk about. Spring has been…
I’m so fortunate to live in Vermont and, yet, be able to travel and, even more fortunate, whether here or elsewhere, to have an amazing partner to share life with.…
As a photographer I’ve long marveled at the small differences in light and composition that make a photograph either dynamic or a cliché. In my career as an educator who spent…
Rivers frozen hard under deep snow roared to life, and all over Central Vermont last week steam could be seen rising from sugar houses as the first of the new…
At forty-five degrees north here in Vermont, we know dark days. Earlier this week the overcast day had edged into darkness by mid-afternoon. But we also have days, like this one, beginning with the…
It has been a dismal winter for those of us who love winter. Not much snow, lots of gray and damp. I dug through photographs from previous winters and came…
Even as winter’s dark days continue to grow longer and dimmer (and humans behave more insanely than ever), I’m again seeing a simplicity in the palette of late Fall colors that moves…
Back home from a week in Colorado. Great to sleep in our bed and wake up to snow falling. Hope to see some late fall foliage left on the trees…
