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Tag: Winter

By Charity Posted on January 6, 2016

Weekly Walk 14

The thermometer read 22°F when we left the house that afternoon, up from 4°F when my spouse biked away to work that morning. This hike, two weeks after the winter solstice, … Continue reading Weekly Walk 14

Categories: HikesTags: Hiking, Photography, Weekly Hike, Winter
By Charity Posted on December 29, 2015December 29, 2015

Weekly Walk 13

One week past the winter solstice, and we finally had to dodge wintery weather. A winter storm was on the radar for Tuesday, so we took this week’s walk with … Continue reading Weekly Walk 13

Categories: HikesTags: Hiking, Photography, Weekly Hike, Winter
By Charity Posted on March 11, 2015March 11, 2015

Wordless: Winter Color

  Massachusetts, February 2015.

Categories: PhotographyTags: cardinal, Photography, Winter, wordless
By Charity Posted on December 12, 2014December 12, 2014

Better Left Unsaid

There are certain things that it’s okay to think but that we should never say out loud in front of our kids unless we’ve already decided on a course of … Continue reading Better Left Unsaid

Categories: MotherhoodTags: Gingerbread, kids, Winter
By Charity Posted on December 18, 2013July 29, 2015

The Bright Side of Winter

This is the time of year when I have trouble remembering all of the very good reasons that I don’t live in California anymore. To distract myself from California dreaming, … Continue reading The Bright Side of Winter

Categories: ReflectionsTags: New England, Winter
By Charity Posted on October 28, 2011

Uninhabitable

Tonight, we had our first snow. Now, I’ve lived in snowy places. Ohio. That was snowy. Salt Lake City. Heck, they had their first snow weeks ago. Even in North … Continue reading Uninhabitable

Categories: Happiness ProjectTags: cod, Mark Kurlansky, Massachusetts, New England, postaday2011, Snow, Winter
By Charity Posted on November 23, 2010December 29, 2011

If You Don’t Hear From Me, Send Rescue Dogs.

Apparently, we’ve got a blizzard and arctic temperatures headed our way. I realize we are completely unprepared. Well, not completely. We have four candles, one lighter, and one flashlight. And … Continue reading If You Don’t Hear From Me, Send Rescue Dogs.

Categories: Happiness ProjectTags: blizzard, Snow, Winter
By Charity Posted on November 12, 2010

Ahh, Friday…

NaNoWriMo Day 12 word count: 20,906 I got a good hour of writing in at the library today, paid all of my overdue fines, picked up a book I had … Continue reading Ahh, Friday…

Categories: Happiness Project, WritingTags: Family, kids, Library, NaNoWriMo, nanowrimo, National Novel Writing Month, Novel, November, Winter, Word count, Writing

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