Ah, February. The shortest month on the calendar, arriving after what has felt like the longest January in recorded human history. January didn’t just pass. It lingered. It unpacked its bags. It made itself coffee. It settled into our nervous systems. And now here comes February, technically brief, […]
Technically, we are still in fall. Technically. The calendar insists on it. The winter solstice isn’t until this coming weekend. And yet, there is snow on the ground, ice clinging to sidewalks, the temperature is hovering below 30 degrees, and the world feels like it has quietly leaned […]
I have a confession that would make any dermatologist sigh deeply: I do not care for the cold. Actually, let’s be real. I straight-up wage war with the cold. When that first icy breeze hits in November, my skin immediately files an HR complaint. I get hives. Rashes. […]
March, you tease. Every year, like clockwork, March rolls around and plays with my emotions. One day, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and I’m convinced it’s time to banish the winter coat to the back of the closet. I strut around in my lighter jacket, […]
The little flowers try to bloom, Beneath a sky of wintry gloom. Their fragile stems, so brave and bold, Stretch toward the light, defying cold. The frost, it clings with icy grip, A crystal veil on petal’s tip. They shiver softly, roots dug deep, Dreaming of spring’s warmth […]
This morning, as I bundled up for another brisk winter day, I heard something that made me pause: birds chirping. Yes, real, live birds singing their little hearts out—just days after Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and dashed all our hopes for an early spring. It’s like the […]
I don’t know about you, but I love when life sends me little messages in unexpected places. Today, during my not-quite-winter cleaning (because, let’s be real, seasons are just guidelines), I found an old purse I hadn’t touched in ages. Buried within its forgotten pockets was a wrinkled […]
It’s been a dark, cruel winter. Decades ago, Bananarama sang about a cruel summer. “Hot summer streets and the pavements are burningI sit aroundTrying to smile but the air is so heavy and dry” Just substitute out the word “summer” for “winter”. Such a word substitution captures the […]
This has been the winter of my discontent. This has been the dreariest winter storm. However, I have heard that “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” While I await the return of spring, I’ll enjoy some comfort food. A good stew. A good bread pudding. […]
Many people have asked me why I decided to go to Alaska in the middle of winter. Well, technically winter is a few weeks away. However, for the most part, we consider December to be wintertime. Anyway, many ask me why didn’t I come in the summer when […]
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