The Daily Respite
Good morning! Today is Sunday, and it’s absolutely gorgeous outside. Let’s bundle up and walk together in the snow. Ours are the first human footprints on the road, though it looks like a few deer have already been through. I found one other unusual set of footprints that my foo…
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Good morning! Today is Sunday, and it’s absolutely gorgeous outside. Let’s bundle up and walk together in the snow. Ours are the first human footprints…
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Good morning! Today is Saturday, and boy oh boy was yesterday fun. What began as a gentle grating of parmesan across the landscape built in intensity u…
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January 7 Get-Together: Pride of PlaceHello and greetings! It’s a snow day here in the Friday afternoon Respite subscriber playroom. The pathway has been shoveled, the doors are unlo…
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Good morning! It’s Friday, and here in Maine we are hunkered down while a winter storm rages outside. My town was made for moments like these. Even the…
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Good morning! It’s a brisk, sparkly Thursday morning here in Maine. A year ago, we turned to ice skating to regain our equilibrium after the events of …
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Good morning! It’s Wednesday. Yesterday was the coldest day this year, which isn’t a great accomplishment when you consider we’re only five days into i…
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Good morning! Today is Tuesday. My initial draft of yesterday’s Respite contained a warning that my chances of getting the year wrong were extremely hi…
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