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...

Ice (my kind) and fire

The rail trail was very icy. And it was raining lightly. So it was wet and slippery. But something came over me and I just wanted to walk it. It was a good workout...

A little hike

We’re having a January thaw. Enough snow and ice disappeared that we could take a chance on hiking up McFarland Mountain (734 feet) in Acadia. There were some great views. Patchy snow and melting...