Today

23 degrees, the air is clear and crisp. The grass is dried *or freeze dried) and leaves and remaining greenery curled up for protection. It feels like November. Though we have had snow a few times it does not last, the ground is still warm enough to melt and absorb it. Not the constant cold. I’ve seen more deer out and about this week…more so than I have usually seen. Foraging for food already?

Hard to believe this is 4 tons of wood ( well actually it is only 2 tons inside) and we’ve already cut into some of it. The stove turns itself on more and more regularly with the dropping temperatures and I again become tuned in to the various sounds it makes to know that everything is working fine….or not By March I will be totally sick of this stuff. Hauling the daily or twice a day bag of pellets in, cleaning out the ash, moving these big pallets (what happened to the picture) little by little.

It’s been a dead week for being outside. My run last Saturday threw off a cascade of ailments lasting most of the week. It gets tough when your body punishes you for doing something good,


Life around town is quiet. On a few tourists so they aren’t really noticed much. This weekend 10 high schools take over the main theater of Shakespeare & Company. They have been working with directors, producer and costumers and set people from S&Co. to each produce one of Shakespeare’s works. The quality of course varies from ok to exceptional but the spirit is contagious and amazing. Our family of course will there most of the weekend in various numbers.