Cold

At dawn it was -25Â° though as the sun came up it began to warm slightly. The dogs made quick runs out back, came in & ate their breakfasts & are now sleeping. The high today will be around 0Â°. I’m not going anywhere except for a quick trip to the post office. School begins [...]

Xmas Break

I keep thinking I’ll have a day or two to just kick back & read, post a couple of things on the blog, cook a nice dinner, but so far that hasn’t really happened. Until today, at least, I haven’t needed to drive in to school. I got my grades turned in last Sunday, then [...]

Snowstorm

Well, the storm that moved through the Northeast US seems to have played itself out. We got more than a foot of snow over the last twenty-four hours, which means I’ll be clearing the stuff of the deck (in shifts) for the rest of the day. When Carole gets home this afternoon, we’ll have to [...]

First Snow

About a week later than usual. Overnight, some stuck to the lawn & fallen leaves, though it doesn’t seem to be accumulating now. The injured goose we were trying to rescue seems to have disappeared. Betty went tramping all over looking for him, but we’ve concluded an eagle, or maybe a coyote got him. His [...]

Fall Birds

I started filling the bird feeders a couple of weeks ago — I’m not going to provide free board for the greedy little bastards during the summer when they can make their own living — & I’ve seen house finches, grosbeaks, hairy & downy woodpeckers, greater & lesser nuthatches, billions of chickadees, blue jays, juncos. [...]

Peppers

Brought in the last of the peppers yesterday since we’re now having freezing nights. We’re drying them in various places around the house, including beneath the spice cabinet.

First Hard Frost

I covered the last of the basil & peppers with a tarp last night, then brought them in this morning. The weather was clear this morning, with a mist over the river that burned off early & we had a couple of hours of sunshine before the clouds moved in. Raining now, temperature in the [...]

Injured Goose

On our morning dog walks Carole & I walk along the river, past out neighbor Betty’s house. Betty feed the Canada Geese every morning & there is often a big flock of them around. A few weeks ago we noticed that one big male was dragging a broken wing. He has been making a living [...]

More Pleasure

Black beans yellow onion cilantro dried chilies cumin oregano sweet bell pepper. Corn tortillas yogurt cheddar cheese. Beer. Dogs. Warm days cold nights.

Pleasure

Over the last few months I have been increasingly open to the ordinary pleasures of the world. I’ve always been something of an over-planner, a bit of a control-freak. In my fifties I am perhaps loosening up a little bit. I’ve always had an appreciation for the beauties of the natural world, but lately I [...]

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