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 3
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Freezing… While the winter dark may have already arrived in the northern hemisphere, the season of winter has yet to begin. As mid-December approaches northern places grow wetter and colder, and eventually most are either intermittently or completely beset with ice and snow. The transition of fall into winter is one of freezing. The natural…
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Peace… Stillness and dark surround and fill the sleeping places. Bodies rouse to the suddenness of an alarm, warming internal temperature, or with brief attachment to the remaining reels of dreams that flash by and are forgotten. Wakefulness comes to the mind, whether wanted or not. The dark and quiet are soothing and call the…
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Heavenly phenomena… The most spectacular light show on Earth is a cold climate phenomenon: the Aurora Borealis. In Canada it’s usually referred to as the Northern Lights. The Aurora Borealis occurs when particles become energized from the sun and collide with gaseous particles in the atmosphere. Wavy and swirling patterns of neon greens and purples…
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Trains in winter… There’s something captivating about trains in winter. Picture this, the snow-streaked blue and white ridgeline of a mountain pass borders the pale blue sky. In the river valley a conifer forest grows right up to the rocky vertical slopes of the mountains. The river flows like blue crystal between snow mounded banks.…
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The blank page… A blank page stares at me empty and white. I stare back casting my gaze out to scan for a sign, something to give me direction or hint at potential. Nothing meets my eye. It’s forbidding terrain. It will not reveal its secrets, but I know there’s something hidden here, something worth…
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When it’s chilly have some chili… I put up outdoor Christmas lights today. This year I went with a red and white alternating strand. I’m feeling candy canes as an aesthetic. Putting up the lights was simple enough, but the process of getting there took some doing. Recent wind storms have blown dried leaves and…
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Week 3 begins… Today marks the beginning of the third week of winter for my 10 Weeks of Winter project. This is the point where I either lock in or fall off. Don’t know about you, but for me the third day and the third week of trying to make change is always so hard.…