Category: Nature
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Windigo
A dramatic day of snow showers and sun, falling temperatures and gusty breezes. As November ends, we are reminded that winter nears. We also note that even in this La Nina year temperatures are much above the long-term norms. Still, winter, the time of the windigo, insatiable giants with hearts of ice, approaches.
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A Blustery Fall Day
A blustery, wild snow-flurry driven day following a soggy warm morning. Must be November! Thursday marks Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S.., Canada having celebrated about a month ago. While the concept of expressing gratitude for the harvest is pretty much universal, the holiday here is rife with conflicts and complex nuance, perhaps more this…
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Landscapes of Identity: Ancestors
A ragged sky greeted us this time change altered morning. While days and, especially, nights remain well above climate norms, the extreme warmth of the past two months appears to be behind us. After last weekends extreme storms, across the landscape autumn moves quietly towards winter, the trees stripped of leaves and each day’s temperatures…
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Landscapes of Identity, Part One
This morning we are greeted by thick cloud; this following evening rain. Yesterday we experienced another record warm afternoon, an all too frequent event this long autumn. One of the side effects of this protracted warmth is the allergy season has been unusually severe. I’ve taken to wearing suspenders! Looking in the mirror this morning…
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