Outside the plow is scrapping two inches of snow off the road. My sidewalk required shoveling this morning too. In short, winter has arrived in our small corner of the world. Preparing for winter … [Read more...]
The sneaky humility of Big Winter
I don’t know about you, but real cold (down into the teens and single digits) and enough snow to play in, seems like a godsend to me. As the sun comes up -- or more accurately, peeks through for just … [Read more...]
Some Moments Call for a Poem
The Rev. Al Kershaw (1919-2001) was a Jazz historian as well as an ordained minister. A man of letters, some of which are held in collection by Southern Mississippi State University, also brought … [Read more...]
The Grace of Winter
I read somewhere along the line about wintering strategies for some tribes in Northern Michigan, back when life was good and European invaders few and far between. This was up in Michilimackinac, a … [Read more...]