April Showers April is the month that the snow finally melts in the Yukon. It’s a chilly, muddy month. A month for the last of the cross country skiing before you get too far into the calendar. For jumping on the trampoline in your wool socks and hoodie, mud boots kicked off and lying to… Continue reading A is for April
Tag: winter
Alaska Highway: Whitehorse to Watson Lake, December 2, 2013
Day 1: This is the Alaska Highway: At 10:45 in the morning my car’s thermometer is pegged at-30: as low as it will go. I do not know how cold it really is, only that it is colder than 30 below. After an hour on… Continue reading Alaska Highway: Whitehorse to Watson Lake, December 2, 2013
Some things bear repeating…
I posted this back in March. Seems appropriate to re-post today. Hope it gives you a bit of a laugh… It seems this year I do not know if the snow will ever go. In March April it sits here like a brick (not a brick like “you’re a brick, Dick”), I mean a brick… Continue reading Some things bear repeating…
summer waits
Summer waits for the icicles to melt from the porch swing
Ode to March
It seems this year I do not know if the snow will ever go. In March it sits here like a brick (not a brick like “you’re a brick, Dick”), I mean a brick like bricks and mortar, the kind used in the Latin Quarter. Winter hard and cold and cruel will last until the… Continue reading Ode to March
Just Write {2}
When I step out of the car, the wind takes my breath away. I fumble with my hood, but the closure is too tight, so I yank my right mitten off with my teeth and unzip my coat a bit. Holy Freaking gawd, it’s cold. I can’t get the hood up with one hand, so get back… Continue reading Just Write {2}