Tag: travel

• A Grumpy Day

  

  I am grumpy and this post reflects that. This morning dawned cloudy and cool, which was refreshing after two days in sweltering Boston; there is a reason one lives in Vermont. We were in Boston for family and work. Jennie discovered a hotel deal so we stayed in Cambridge, right on Harvard Square, and enjoyed…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 17, 2016

  Disability, Travel

  disability, travel

• Maple Sugaring

  

  On Easter we visited friends at their sugar house in the mountains in the eastern part of the state. The day started out cloudy and raw, but the afternoon turned comfortable and the sun was bright and warm. We  were delayed, and reached the sugar house a bit late.   Inside, the sugar house was…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 30, 2016

  Climate Change, Nature, Stories, Travel

  Maple Sugaring, seasons, stories, travel

• Mud Season

  Winter wanes, not that we ever really had winter this year. Still, the light arrives earlier and departs later each day, and the cold lessens. We are on the brink of mud season. For the past couple of weeks the temperature has vacillated from very cold to unseasonably warm. Each storm has brought rain instead…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 21, 2016

  Climate Change, Stories, Travel

  mud season, stories, travel

• Thanksgiving: A Road Trip

  

  It’s been a while since I last posted. We’ve arrived at that time of year when everything seems to happen at once, including the end of the academic term. Somehow, in spite of this, Jennie and I drove the 2400 miles to and from my daughter’s home in Illinois for Thanksgiving. The drive over was…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 4, 2015

  Arts, native american, Travel

  Native American, Thanksgiving, travel