The Finger Lakes is a place of deep, lengthy winters. Known for having snow squalls straight into the month of May. But for the three winters we have lived here, each winter has been a little less snowy and the winter a little shorter. This year has been the oddest in particular. While we've had…
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Wild & Precious Life – End of Winter/Start of Spring 2021
January descended upon the Finger Lakes with heavy snow. One snowstorm followed another, although we truthfully didn't get many. The temperatures remained low, and the snow remained on the ground. Too high for play, we stayed indoors. When I look at the past few months, I find myself at a loss for words. How do…
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May Day
Mornings begin early. The dawn is a lazy, blue-white light that filters through the blinds and etches out the angles and deeper shadows of our room. The birds have already been awake for some time, singing their song to welcome the day and their chorus growing louder with each tendril of light that reaches the…