10 Weeks of Winter
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
A journal style blog exploring the pleasure and enjoyment of winter.
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Michelle is an American born Canadian resident of the Pacific Northwest, hobby writer, book lover, and generally of the autodidact polymath smattering of knowledge, skills, and interests.
Category: Week 2
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A uniquely Canadian dish… Somewhere alongside hockey, lumberjacks, and Mounties maybe you’ve heard a funny sounding word in reference to Canada and Canadians: “poutine”. It’s a Canadian dish originating in rural Quebec (or French-Canada) of French fires, cheese curds, and gravy. Poutine arrived on the scene in the 1950’s and is generally attributed to a…
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Of winter blue… Ice and shadow and moonlit nights wash the winter world in blue dowsed water color. Rain and water vapor muddle the light and lingering water drops and puddles reflect back the cast of blue. Snow glints back the bright or grey blue of the sky and edges up in crosshatched shades of…
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The giving season… The month of December has fully locked in with Christmas trees shining out of front facing windows and events stacking up in the calendar. Post-Thanksgiving sales are on their way out, and if you haven’t finished your shopping yet the clock is ticking and I’m right there with you. Sometimes finding that…
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Apple cinnamon goodness… What is more welcoming than walking into a room filled with the sweet and spicey smell of hot apple and cinnamon? It’s an aroma that conveys reception: you belong here in this enchanting place where waiting for you is a steaming mug of mulled cider (or a slice of apple pie). Cider…
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Journey with me… A long day of travel on a frosty tree-lined remote road wears away at the last stores of your energy. Your once limber movements stiffen as the sun sinks rapidly below the horizon. The degrees drop lower and lower and a chill sets into your limbs. Aches and weariness creep over you…
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Enhancing winter ambience… Week 2 of winter arrives on the last day of November this year with forecasts of rain, rain, rain heading into December. There’s nothing like the patter of rain on the roof and breath of chilly air through a cracked window to make me breathe deep and burrow into the covers. It’s…