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  • The Beauty of Clouds.

    The sky is an endless dream.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I’m not quite the weather geek that my son is, but I do love a good weather event — a blizzard, a loud summer thunderstorm, booming with thunder and crackling with… Continue reading

    The Beauty of Clouds.
  • February Musings…

    If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.~ Anne Bradstreet February—the bridge between winter and spring. I always welcome February because its… Continue reading

    February Musings…
  • Tropical Vibes in the Bronx: A Winter Escape

    If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.~ Marcus Tullius Cicero Luke and I decided that it was time for a bit of a tropical interlude in the midst of a wintry landscape, so we… Continue reading

    Tropical Vibes in the Bronx: A Winter Escape
  • January Musings…

    In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak mid-winter, long ago.~ Christina Rossetti, 1872 January. Is it still January?… Continue reading

    January Musings…
  • Block Island: History, Nature, and Beauty

    Circled by waters that never freeze, beaten by billow and swept by breeze, lieth the island of Manisees….~ John Greenleaf Whittier, from his poem Palatine. January has got to be the longest and dullest month to trudge through. The glitter… Continue reading

    Block Island: History, Nature, and Beauty
  • Dog Days of Winter

    January, the Monday of months…~F. Scott Fitzgerald Chasing sunshine in the midst of a gloomy January.Taking every day as it comes… Continue reading

    Dog Days of Winter
  • The Beauty of Frost: A Winter Reflection

    Cold indeed, and labor lost: Then farewell heat, and welcome frost.~ William Shakespeare Seeking peace. Noticing softness in a harsh season. Continue reading

    The Beauty of Frost: A Winter Reflection
  • The Magic of a Snowfall…

    I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.~ Sylvia Plath I have a love/hate relationship with winter – the darkness, the bleak pallor it casts over the landscape, the cold… Continue reading

    The Magic of a Snowfall…
  • Christmas Traditions, History & Fun Facts

    Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.~ Washington Irving Christmas BellsI heard the bells on Christmas DayTheir old, familiar carols play,And wild and sweetThe words repeatOf… Continue reading

    Christmas Traditions, History & Fun Facts
  • December Musings…

    December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come.~Fennel Hudson There’s so much seasonal change at the end of the year. From September to December we move from the last… Continue reading

    December Musings…