Going, Going, . . . Almost Gone!
Opening day came on April Fool’s Day this year. (An omen? I hope not.) The Red Sox and Yankees took to the field in the Bronx at 1:05 pm. After six months since last tuning in to the WEEI Red Sox Radio Network, I had …
Spring Looks Different This Year
Last year on this date we recorded 80 degrees in our middle meadow. I was wearing shorts. The sugaring season was over. Our attention had turned to preparing gardens. It was all very, very weird. Today, the first day of spring 2013, we awoke to …
Snowfall is Welcomed
Today marks the end of one full year of recording weather data here on our mountainside. I wish I’d started doing it years ago. From this point forward, though, we’ll be relying less on anecdotal comparisons or data from the Lebanon, NH airport in the …
Snow Rollers
I can’t help but shake my head when I hear of people in this country who continue to deny that our climate is changing. Can it be that they’re simply not paying attention to the most observant of weathermen, Luke Out DaWinda? (I’ve always loved …
Frozen Water Pipes!
“Yeah, we have running water. It’s Kevin running back and forth to the stream with a bucket.” It’s no doubt that it can be difficult to relate to the lifestyle we live here in our middle meadow. Composting toilets and graywater management systems are not …
