Tag Archives: snow

~:: And Where Did They Bury the Caucus? ::~

And this: go look at my giveaway and enter to WINNNNN!  Giving away a hard back copy of Breaking Rank! Here are some awful (I am NO good with this phone) shots of our only actual snow storm of the … Continue reading

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~:: MAF Retreat – Snow in Them Hills ::~

I wrote a serious bit as I was preparing my lesson this morning.  I don’t post those introspective spiritual moments here, but on the pages, when I actually have time to write them down.  If you’re interested: Friday and Saturday … Continue reading

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The Odd Charm of Cataclysm

In 1982 (or was it ’83?), the river swelled between its banks, force fed by gorged mountain streams after a wet winter and a too-warm-too-fast spring.  We lived in quiet terror, waking in the middle of the night when the … Continue reading

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~:: Now, where was I? ::~

I have come to the conclusion that space and time are not only relative, but also fake.  Illusory.  At best, ephemeral. This must be so—or else what happened to the last week and a half?  No, really, I want to … Continue reading

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~:: Trailing along ::~

How does anybody ever have time to do anything? Things may have settled down in theory, but in the real world?  No.  It’s not that anything important is happening.  I’m waiting to see if our house is going to be … Continue reading

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::: Howling :::

Tonight, G picked up his plate and stalked into the kitchen.  “I am sick of the government,” he said. (He did NOT slam the plate down on the counter. Not my new plates, he wouldn’t.)  We’d been listening to the … Continue reading

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~:: Sprung Spring ::~

I took a little pre-spring boating trip this morning—in the Suburban, down to the horses, the wet, hang-dog horses.  I had fed Piper and let him out first.  I only got stuck in the snow once, but didn’t have to … Continue reading

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~:: White Christmas? ::~

What we woke up to yesterday (i’d say “Out of the blue,” except it all had come down unexpectedly in the night): Can you tell the snow is still falling hard? While inside it was cozy. Neighbors, digging each other … Continue reading

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~:: Tis the Season ::~

The horse arena is sopping.  Sopping, soaked, swampy.  And there’s more rain coming.  We woke to snow.  But the rain washed it away.  This on top of other snow and subsequent rain.  Even the high stalls are now turning to … Continue reading

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Just Wait Five Minutes

Our dependable world: October 22: Box Elder leaves just starting to turn yellow.  Some down.  Usually, at this time of year, our whole yard goes stunningly yellow and stays that way till the first of November.  I was anticipating that … Continue reading

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