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 […]
Living in Place
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, […]
Outside Every Day
In mid-December, I had this idea to go outside every day, no matter the time, no matter the weather. It wasn’t to do anything in particular, except to be outdoors, feel the air in my lungs and on my face, taste the weather, attune myself to the natural world. Wary of New Year’s Resolutions, I […]