Growing Up Jewish in America The Passover Seder has been one of my favorite celebrations of the year, but I’m so troubled by what’s happening in the Middle East, that I don’t know how—or even if—I can celebrate a holiday about escaping oppression this year, or ever again. I was raised in a Jewish family, […]
Experiencing Totality: My Solar Eclipse
I Wasn’t Gonna Go I never intended to drive 150 miles to Totality during Monday’s solar eclipse, not when I read that 200,000 people were expected to flood the parts of northern Vermont that would go dark. I thought 97% dark in my own back yard would be enough. With a pair of protective glasses […]
Air Travel Is All Indoors
On a recent trip to visit family in Montana, I spent twelve hours traveling there. Except for the minute it took to say goodbye to Tim at the airport, I spent all that time indoors: in a car, in an airport, and on a plane. My return trip was worse. My early morning flight was […]
Birds of a Feather . . .
. . . Flock Together The snow that fell overnight Sunday into Monday stuck to every twig, branch, and tree like wet plaster, turning the landscape into a frosted landscape. Thanks to windless conditions, the magic persists, amplified by the birds visiting the feeder on the other side of my studio window. The window frames […]
Winter Arrives
Every Day Outdoors, 1/17/24 “Bright, white daylight. Insinuating wind. Skiing across the fields, both sweating and chilled. It feels as if winter has finally arrived.” I broke a ski trail across the fields outside my back door yesterday. Glorious. I plan to get out again today. The photo below is from a few years ago, […]
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