Tag Archives: winter

~:: Winter Interlude ::~

It’s the middle of January.  In this hemisphere, that means we are in the thick of winter, buried in snow, crusted with hoar frost. But not this year.  Yesterday, I bundled up and went out to the barn to watch … Continue reading

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—:=Awake=:—

Awake. This is my year’s Word.  So it should define my stomping ground, my territory, my attitudinal homesteading rights.  But I am having trouble proving up my deed on it.  For one twelfth of this new year, I have been … Continue reading

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Little Cat Feet –

Fog. We live in a high mountain valley.  Every January (Dad, don’t read this), a ridge of high pressure will settle over us in what they call an “inversion.”  I’m not sure what’s inverted, exactly.  But it’s like we’re a … Continue reading

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