#Seasons

coffeeandwoodsmoke

Oct 17, 20202 min read

shades of silver (and sweet potato chocolate chip muffins)

and just like that, two more seasons have come and gone. the sweet summer, sunlit and green; the fall, golden and resplendent. the...

coffeeandwoodsmoke

Apr 21, 20192 min read

rain and strawberries

Easter morning clouds swirl low over the mountains, encircling peaks in wreathing mist, tumbling down to the valley floor. The air heavy...

coffeeandwoodsmoke

Apr 9, 20192 min read

weather report

The winter was so hard and cold, Froze ten feet ’neath the ground. — Grateful Dead, “Dire Wolf” The winter: Cold and long, even by north...

coffeeandwoodsmoke

Mar 8, 20183 min read

perpetual motion

Walking along an ice rink road riddled with puddles, there is a whisper in the air; an undercurrent. Spring is not here yet in the north...

coffeeandwoodsmoke

Nov 20, 20173 min read

reflections on winter

In late October, I returned to Montana after a rather lengthy absence. I returned in time to see the last of the fall colors, ochers and...

coffeeandwoodsmoke

Sep 7, 20152 min read

Harvest

Autumn has arrived. I was away on travel for just over a week, and when I returned the season had changed. Days and nights cool,...