Red Dawn from Mill Hill.
Because it faces east, sometimes I’ll sleep in the upstairs window seat. Why? Because you get a window seat (sorry) for the sunrise. The night of the full Snow Moon was […]
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Two Ways of Looking at the “Snow Moon”.
Last night was the full “Snow Moon”. For this year’s Snow Moon, we have snow on the ground and blizzard warnings in the air. This date last year was a […]
You have to Look at What’s in Front of You.
Mid-February. Morning time. Outside, in the Woods Hole passage, our winter vacationers escape northern ice. Some gather in lee waters, in flocks, by the hundreds and thousands. Others gather singly […]
Where’s Ook Pik?
Where’s Ook Pik? Let’s go down to the beach and take a look. There are miles of beach, and more miles of pondshore to look around. There’s goose…. There’s sparrow. […]
February Amaryllis
Sunshine came strongly through the window today. And lit up the amaryllis on the old dining room table. We have had this blushing bloomer for twelve or fifteen years. The […]
Winter Sand.
We went looking for Ook Pik, down on the beach. We did find Ook Pik, but more on that story later. Sand builds, layer after layer, wind after wind. The […]
NOTICE: Hasta Lumbago, I mean, Luego….
Starting today, and for the next six weeks or more, the tompostpile will come to you less often, and in smaller posts. We have a trip ahead of us, a […]
Bunnikin and a Galanthusian Poem.
There are delights to the internet. One of my favorite delights is “Futility Closet”. In another life, I’d have a blog like the Closet. You can sign up for email […]
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