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(“what happened to the beautiful snow?”) I just got back from overnight visiting Nika and Scott – and Ariella, who had come up for the weekend to see them and to ski. They invited me to ski too, but I…

Red. Stop sign red. Stop. I should have stopped before I started today. Just a litany of woes, it was. One thing after another. Losing one of those ice spikes you put on your shoe. Walking in way too cold…

I was trying to show you the rain drops falling on the water. And on the ice. And on the snow. Making slop. A mire. That’s what this time of year is for, I tell you. It’s like those epic…

(coming home late) Yesterday, in my online art group, we were talking about how to determine which ways to participate in social media. The gist of it was to go for what you are good at Not what stresses you…

I was passing a sign in a nearby town: BEHIND THIS SNOWBANK IS A GREAT STORE. Well, thanks to the sun outside, you can’t see my interior “snowbank” very well. I could have a sign that read: BEHIND THIS CONFUSION…

Peaches has been bouncing around in the snow. Can you tell? A little sticking to her? Just like me. When I go NEAR my dyes, they find a way to add themselves to my skin. Blue fingers? Did you somehow…

Yeah! Shovel that snow! You love it! In fact, oddly, I DO love shoveling snow. I like it because I can make shapes/path/ clear spaces. It’s artistically satisfying to me. You see, in the photo, the pile the snowplow made.…

Three days ago the forecast for yesterday was “snow showers”. Which basically means little or no accumulation. Nothing to measure. The day before: 3- 5 inches… The day of the snowstorm: oh dear, I can’t recall. More. And a wide…

It’s snowing. It’s cold. And my dear Peaches is recovering from her romp outdoors. She loves the snow. And I do love her. When she’s not passed out, she’s wide awake to all that’s around her. And that wakes me…

I keep the dock out all winter – a choice I’m questioning this winter. I have an ice eater – a small fan that moves under water to prevent freezing around the dock. But this year the temperatures are consistently…