Jan. 11, 2024 Summer is on my mind tonight. And with it, summertime music. The drive home this evening was filled with snow and slippery roads. A big, windy storm (the second in less than a week) is coming Saturday, and there are two big snowstorms possible next week. So I’m thinking of summer. On …
Tag: summer
The 5th of July
It’s a hard year to celebrate the 4th of July. We are a country that takes rights away, and all signs point to more disappearing soon. We are a country confused by the concept of freedom of religion. We are a country where hooded white nationalists march with police protection while BLM, pro-choice, and other …
Get the Funk Up
I haven’t been getting to my daily posts much lately, despite my best efforts. I started a new job a couple weeks ago, and I’ve mostly been focusing my writing time on personal journaling. But as I write this, there are just a few hours left in August, and that means autumn starts tomorrow, at …
Looking Back On an Olympic Time
Franklin County is a rural area on the U.S./Canadian border in northwest Vermont. Some 49,000 people populate the 14 towns and one city across 692 square miles. This county is one of the few in Vermont that can still pass the sniff test (quite literally when it’s time to spread cow manure on the fields) …
Care Package for Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021
The past couple of days, I’ve spent my time at work in the kitchen instead of the office, making lunch for our residents. I’ll be doing the same next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday (my last day at the affordable elderly housing facility I’ve been with for the past year). It’s vacation time for one of …