Dandilions and Down Dogs

Most of my daily interactions with people somehow involve the weather. I don’t know why, but it seems that most humans talk about the weather, or want to, or perhaps they don’t know what else to talk about. On any given day, at the deli, I have about 100 conversations about the weather. And that […]

52/19: Misty Moments

“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of weather.” -John Ruskin Since living in Maine, I have really grown to love all of the seasons. Perhaps it is because I spent a decade in Los Angeles, or […]

Stormy Weather

Last Saturday I did all my house chores and errands so that on Sunday we could spend the afternoon boating on Casco Bay. Naturally the forecast was 30% chance of thunderstorms all day. We decided it was worth the chance and headed out around 1pm. We brought our rain jackets, and extra clothes just in […]