Category Archives: Winter

Siren Song of the Southwest

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

AN ARCTIC WIND carried the first snowstorm of January across the North Country this week, the temperature dropped to six below zero, and our long, steep driveway is a bobsled run of packed snow and ice. Last night, listening to … Continue reading →

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First day of winter

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

Winter barged into the North Country last night, riding the 20 mile-per-hour winds of a sleet and snow storm that knocked down the frail tent of a clement autumn I hoped would stand another month. It was only a two-inch … Continue reading →

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In the grip of the Vortex

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

Bright sunshine promised a warm morning for snowshoeing. But the thermometer said the Sun was a deceiver: the temperature was 7 degrees below zero. Sub-zero days have been commonplace this winter. The coldest day in our part of the North … Continue reading →

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On another planet

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

An early morning walk with birddogs in last week’s -5 degree weather made me painfully aware that we had moved into winter. This morning’s pre-sunrise walk with the grim hand of the thermometer on the deck  pointing to the -30 … Continue reading →

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April snowshoe hike

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Jerry Johnson

April snowshoe hike This has been a loooong winter in the North Country, capped by an April 18 storm that dropped 10 inches of wet snow. But the day after the storm dawned sunny and clear, a perfect blue-sky morning … Continue reading →

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Skraalung

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Jerry Johnson

Just when I was ready to do the unthinkable – go south for a couple months to ease the agony of bruma morbus malum (translation from Latin: winter morbidity syndrome) – I discovered skraalung, a low-impact exercise regimen that provides relief … Continue reading →

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