urban refugees: The Ugliest 4 Weeks of the Year?
- 11/06/08 08:55 AM
Coming off the most beautiful time of the year - majestic days of long shadows and inspiring foliage, the 4 weeks from mid November until mid December can be a bit of a letdown! Gray skies replace the blue and those beautiful leaves sit in soggy drifts. Terrible, right? Depressing, right? Not really! The snow will be here soon enough and weekends will be packed with skating, skiing, sledding and great nights spent indoor with close friends and hot cocktails. This is the time to slow down, enjoy the peace and take care of the 10,000 little things that slipped … (0 comments)
urban refugees: Urban Refugees - Flee for your life!
- 08/27/08 06:04 AM
I want to admit to one of life's little thrills. It has happened a whole bunch of times and it doesn't get any less pleasurable! Let me set the scene...it's a Sunday evening and my family & I are driving north on Interstate 93 to our Hanover, New Hampshire home some 200 km north of Boston. On the southbound side of the divider are canoes, kayaks, mountain bikes, snowmobiles, snowboards, bass boats, ATVs and horse trailers as far as the eye can see - every one of them sitting in stop & go traffic 3 lanes wide. If I could … (1 comments)
Coming off the most beautiful time of the year - majestic days of long shadows and inspiring foliage, the 4 weeks from mid November until mid December can be a bit of a letdown! Gray skies replace the blue and those beautiful leaves sit in soggy drifts. Terrible, right? Depressing, right? Not really! The snow will be here soon enough and weekends will be packed with skating, skiing, sledding and great nights spent indoor with close friends and hot cocktails. ;)
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