Archive for January, 2009

Pass the Popcorn Please

Pass the Popcorn Please

We spent the whole day, really most of the weekend reading dumb books and watching silly movies. Hannah is deep into the vampire series that all the young girls are reading. I was reading a…

History

History

What a day… Trillions of dollars lost, two hot wars, unemployment rising too fast to count, and still yesterday we were all united and hopeful. There was a feeling of expectation in the air as…

I Swear

I Swear

We have a secret up here and I am going to tell it to you now. Winter has a smell. So does snow. Yes it really does. They are perfectly distinct one from another. Winter…

Energy

Energy

It’s minus 7 this morning in my part of Vermont. I know because I checked first thing this morning when I got up. I am not even there, but some of my people are and…

Energy

Energy

It’s minus 7 this morning in my part of Vermont. I know because I checked first thing this morning when I got up. I am not even there, but some of my people are and…

Lessons

Lessons

The first year we moved up here these deep snows scared me. I wondered how would we ever manage to shovel it all, (We wouldn’t) How would we get out? (We didn’t need to) How…

January

January

Have you ever seen a snow tornado? We had a humongous ice storm up here Tuesday night and then the second wave hit yesterday. The winds were whipping the snow around and you could look…