Richness

A few unusual / quirky things that happened today: Sam gave me flowers, a mug and a card for Valentine’s Day. This is Highly Unusual. I was flabbergasted! (Note: I bought the pink tulips...

Conditions

We’ve been cross-country skiing a few times. Saturday, it took us about 2 hours to ski the Witches’ Hole Loop in Acadia. We entered from Duck Brook Bridge. It was well-traveled, but conditions were...

70!

I spent my birthday in a snowstorm. It was wonderful. Two long heartfelt phone calls in the morning, and some shoveling. Then a trip to the island for a little coffee break and some...

A cold but easy day

We’re back home from Rockland. It’s 7 degrees, supposed to fall to -7 tonight. Somehow the cold doesn’t seem so bad. I just expect it to be cold – dress accordingly, or don’t go...

A visit to Rockland, Maine

We stayed in the Turret Room on the second floor. I wanted to go to the Farnsworth Art Museum, which features the paintings of Andrew Wyeth. What we could see was limited because they...

January

I feel very aware that it’s January. I like the month of January. It follows the hectic holiday season and sometimes just feels blank, like a hole in the calendar. It’s the dead of...