With a roar, for sure. Not the weather though– all of us are roaring, trying to hasten the exit of this malingering winter.
How did we survive it, this epic, still-going-strong-past-the-equinox winter of 2014-15?…
vernal equinox 2015
Twas the first day of spring 2015, and it looked and felt like winter, of course. 
Snowing with temps in the 20’s, I am wondering if I will ever feel warm again.
A box of Sevilles at the ready and a bouquet of tulips showing their colors helped remind us that sunniness does exist (somewhere!) and will return someday. The dogs find joy in just about any weather, why don’t we?
Have tried to bear this winter with grace and humor but both wearing a bit thin…and yet…
Hope springs eternal xo
bonny Scots marmalade
As the wind howls and the snow blows– we may be two days from the spring equinox but the weather is firmly winter– the new and very bonny marmalade from les collines is springing forth!!…
les collines rive droite!
So happy to announce, Fleisher’s Pasture-Raised Meats in Uptown Kingston now stocks les collines! Our little jars have crossed the mighty Hudson!!
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of frosted pipes, frigid winds and luge runs
There have been a few nights when the wind’s been so emphatic I thought the roof was about to peel off, or maybe parts of the chimney. The latter stands between the two west-northwest facing windows in my bedroom, and the tremendous banging and clangings that emanate are a mystery. …
Scots marmalade, in a series
Of marmalade and men. No more mice….
candle in the window
Normally the light-sensitive electric candles come out of the windows by Mardi Gras, a sort of arbitrary cutoff I developed years ago when I found myself unable to remove them sooner….
to sleep, perchance to dream
Toward the end of January my post-flu need for a lot more sleep merged with the onset of extreme cold to become a semi-hibernatory pattern. No more hauling up in the dark hours before dawn; it was just too damn cold and my body could not deal….
Ash Wednesday
It dawned clear and below zero again here. In the early morning now Jupiter moves down the western sky and for a time pre-dawn hangs in the middle of my southwest window, brighter than any star….
in development: marmalade
I resisted but now I am coming around to the idea of making a marmalade. Part of the resistance was that I have not a speck of experience, first-hand or other, with making it, the way I do with preserves and jelly, and historically have not been a fan of eating it.
But in the middle of winter, thoughts do turn to citrus. …
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