In the age of quarantine and pandemic, I’ve found that nothing impacts my mood quite like the weather. Here in northern Vermont, we’re halfway-ish through spring, and we’ve only had a handful of days that have met seasonal expectations. For the most part, it’s been a chilly and dry season. Last weekend, temperatures finally crept …
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A TOUCH OF SILVER: Flower Power
Been a few days since I wrote one of these. I need to be more consistent. Looking for silver linings is a huge mood booster, and we all need those more than ever now. Yesterday Alison and I worked out in the front yard for about three hours. It was around 52 degrees and sunny, …
A TOUCH OF SILVER: Springing To Life
I’ve secretly dreaded the arrival of April for a while now. Last year, that month ushered in unseasonably cold, wintery weather; a tough transition professionally; and the beginning of a nearly-five-month-long bout of depression. Any worries I had about personal history repeating have been replaced by a general sense of apocalyptic, existential dread, which, if …
BONUS Care Package for March 20, 2020
Celebrating the first full day of Spring! We can’t let the good things pass us by during these strange days. Take a moment and enjoy the beauty of this new season. Poetry: Swifts by Anne StevensonSpring comes little, a little. All April it rains.The new leaves stick in their fists; new ferns still fiddleheads.But one …
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