We talk a lot about the "feels like" temperature around here, because not knowing the difference between air temperature and wind chill could cost you a couple of digits or a nose. On Monday, for instance, the air temperature when I woke up read a balmy -8 degrees, but the "feels like" temperature, thanks to [...]
Yesterday morning, I watched the news scroll across my screen and realized I was facing a snow emergency so severe it made me slightly late for work. The forecast for today, a high of 59 with showers, followed by 13 straight days of no precipitation, meant I needed to move quickly if I wanted to [...]
I love a good walk with a friend, especially these days when those soothing balms of socialization have become a little trickier to apply. We tramp off, mostly toward the river, and unburden ourselves of adulthood while we breathe in good, clean air. Walks with friends provide the perfect antidote to whatever life throws your [...]
On the one hand (the warm one, all gloved up and tucked into my fleece-lined pocket), a good stretch of arctic chill can make for some pretty impressive scenery. On the other, though (the one I can’t feel because I had to take the glove off it to work my camera, or answer my phone, [...]
The light showed up on my kitchen table. As it had been a while since we'd seen each other, I stopped, stared, and watched it move with purpose toward the other side. The morning sun dappled through the lead-glass pane and beckoned me, so I dropped everything, closed my laptop, found my coat and followed, [...]