We’ve had our first stick-to-the ground snow. Often, the first real snow of the year is strikingly beautiful, sitting decoratively on branches and the last of the autumn flowers. This snow, not so much. There was enough to need shoveling, and that’s about it. Children, however, think of any amount of snow as raw material… Continue reading Building
Month: November 2022
Getting Ready
There was a skin of ice on Thurston Pond this morning, as thin and wrinkly as plastic wrap. This first ice of the year is transparent and reflects the trees and sky and clouds the way the pond did before it froze. It will melt later in the day, as the temperature goes up,… Continue reading Getting Ready
Rosebuds
Claire Kitchin Dahl, dressed as Rosie the Riveter, gave a whale of a presentation yesterday at the downtown Ann Arbor District Library this Wednesday. Her topic was the Rosies, all of them, the real women who went to work to support the war effort during World War II, making airplanes, munitions, and other supplies, and… Continue reading Rosebuds
All Hallows
The neighborhood’s most startling Halloween tableau this year occasioned me genuine alarm. Walking the dog, one foggy morning this week, I saw ahead of us a car where it didn’t belong: partly in the street and partly angled up over the curb on the lawn extension. I hurried to see if anyone needed help. When… Continue reading All Hallows