A stunning new moon tonight in these cold, clear skies with Mars and Venus close by. If you are around clear skies tomorrow night, look for the moon and planets in…
I ended up in the emergency room for Valentine’s Day—with a heart problem. Given my earlier history of having had a blockage, it was clear where I needed to be…
Living in a place with lots of winter, like Vermont, among many, I’ve learned different ways to measure both time and temperature. For example, we all know that if you still…
It has been a cold and snowy month in Vermont. On three days in January the temperature climbed above freezing. On at least twelve days it dropped below 0F (-18C)…
We’ve had lovely snow these past several weeks and temperatures that have stayed below freezing—often below 0F!—so the snow has stayed nice. The big storm yesterday ended up bringing us…
One day last week daybreak arrived—as it has often in the past month—at below zero. Shortly thereafter a bank of very moist air arrived, perfect conditions for hoarfrost to form.…
Yesterday brought not only the last day of the year but a fabulous day to be a photographer in Vermont! I woke to single-digit temperatures and one of my first…
Along the margins of the woods, the trees reach out to the sun. On a winter day it is the perfect place for snow to lay.
Just two more weeks to the Solstice. It’s been snowing all day long, making for a very gray day. Not all are like this, of course, even if it may feel…
As our part of the earth looks away from the sun—a month to the Solstice—we really know it here in Vermont. Even if today is dark and rainy and feels more…
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