Discovering ice
“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” First sentence of One Hundred Years of Solitude,...
Monthly Archive: February 2025
100% rye
I’ve been wanting to make rye bread for a long time. The recipes I came across always scared me off because they warned the dough was so sticky, or they were overly complicated, or...
wicked cold
We didn’t have that much snow yesterday. Some of it fell as sleet or rain, and then turned to ice. Today we have high winds and lots of blowing snow. Drifts are forming. And...
Mending, continued
A little cabin fever today. I definitely felt stuck in the house. Cold, lots of ice. I walk five days a week to satisfy my step counter app, but I’ve completed my five days...
Staying in
We stayed inside most of the day. Snow, then rain — general wintry precipitation and temps hovering around freezing. The snow is heavy now and difficult to shovel. I did a few things that...
Snowflakes
We’re having a real Maine winter. It’s beautiful and welcome. More snow in the forecast, and lots of cold. I am not oblivious to the political chaos going on in this country and around...
Mending
Thinking about mending. Trying to make it more than it is. Exploring the symbolic dimensions. These things are beyond me. I just need to do it. “Use it up, wear it out, make it...