The noise out the window told a tale of greater chaos than I first expected. Warnings of severe winds and the side effects of Tropical Storm Isaias had been steady all morning. As with all such moments, there is nothing to fear until it happens. The winds blew threw and suddenly the neighborhood was brought […]
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When I was a kid I would love it when the candles were lit during a power outage—wrapping up in a blanket, thinking I would stay up as late as could be even though the sun went down between 4:30 and 5:00 PM and night came upon us before the evening news would have. In […]
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Bless this house, Oh Lord we Pray, make it safe for night and day…. simple words of faith for the many who don’t have a warm and secure home to sleep tonight. May they be home soon. Meanwhile we pray they are provided with the essentials needed to live in peace and find blessings in unexpected […]
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This past weekend I picked up a project from 13 years ago and started the next phase. As much as putting the project down many years ago has haunted me, I wish I could say life was better today and there was no need for this. But unfortunately what was warned about many years ago […]
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I am forever being asked what the forecast for the day is and never have the answer. A long time ago I learned to always carry an umbrella—except of course on consecutive days of rain when I leave it drying off—so the added stress of what the day holds in terms of percipitation. I don’t […]
View post →For a few moments on Saturday morning I thought the predictions were being proven wrong, that the path of the storm had pushed north and that I would finally see the ground covered with snow. But the blizzard like scene lasted only minutes and sure enough stalled to a slow and steady dusting. And a […]
View post →It’s a rainy day today on the east coast. -Despina
View post →Oddly enough, the one thing I dreaded about making the cross country trip in January was the possibility of missing a snow storm. I am one of the vocal few who love winter, love the snow, love the cold. Yes, I said love. Don’t curse me out. I don’t do the Calvin snow dance—at least […]
View post →The moment always seems to arrive sooner than expected. But that is life. I’ve actually planned for this post for some time. I wasn’t expecting the snow, for which I am always thankful for, so the color and the subject might be out of place for those in southern New York or on the East […]
View post →Sometimes it is possible to be surrounded by all the people in the world and not see a living soul.—Dominick
View post →For no other reasons than to be reminded that we are not always in control, that we have to roll with mother nature, that an unexpected obstacle might block our path, let it snow. If that’s not good enough, fly south for the winter, it’s always warmer in Florida. —Dominick
View post →As New Yorkers we often think we’re so much “in control”. Yet this week Mother Nature really let be known who’s in charge! Still stunned by how many trees we lost in my neighborhood from the tornado I spent a few minutes in the yard wondering how the birds reacted to the loss. To my […]
View post →In honor of the snowstorm that buried New York City under over a foot of snow this weekend (and gave me a gorgeous view of a surreal white forest outside my window) i thought i’d share a sketch of a wintery scene with you… dsafkd;j
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