Category Archives: winter

April 9—Chicago

Posted on April 9, 2016 by jyourist
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February

Posted on February 24, 2016 by jyourist

It has always been the shortest month. It has always felt like it goes on forever. Ah February, la plus ça change, la plus ça reste la même.

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I am walking work of art

Posted on December 27, 2015 by jyourist

I am definitely not a winter coat person. In fact, I usually go as long as I can without one. Sometimes I make it all the way to February, realizing that March and the hint of spring is not too … Continue reading →

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Seasonings

Posted on November 21, 2015 by jyourist

First snow of the season, first meal of the season inside (salmon, rice, red cabbage and raisins) in front of IB’s Japanese window screens because it is too cold to eat on the back porch, first Satsuma mandarins of the season … Continue reading →

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From the prosaic to the extraordinary

Posted on February 27, 2015 by jyourist

It is not news that it has been a rough February. With wind chill, the temperatures have sunk into dangerous ranges. The snow has accumulated over the month making travel treacherous. On the way back and forth from work there … Continue reading →

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“The Snow Man” by Wallace Stevens

Posted on February 9, 2015 by jyourist

One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees crusted with snow; And have been cold a long time To behold the junipers shagged with ice, The spruces rough in the distant … Continue reading →

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Michael is Santa

Posted on December 24, 2014 by jyourist

Over the years, Michael has become more portly and now sports a long gray beard, nearly all white. He has shared on more than one occasion how strangers have stopped him and called him Santa. Once a small child was … Continue reading →

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The harbinger of life and warmth to come

Posted on December 21, 2014 by jyourist

On this longest night of the year, we potted some paperwhites that a student gave me on Friday and brought up three amaryllis which have been hibernating in pots inside of closed paper bags in the basement. The amaryllis were … Continue reading →

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Long Night Moon

Posted on December 6, 2014 by jyourist

This is last night’s “Long Night Moon,” aka “Cold Moon” or “Moon before the Yule.” Its name comes from the fact that it is the full moon which spends the longest time all year in the sky (when night is … Continue reading →

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“Walking Alone in Late Winter” by Jane Kenyon

Posted on March 15, 2014 by jyourist

How long the winter has lasted—like a Mahler symphony, or an hour in the dentist’s chair. In the fields the grasses are matted and gray, making me think of June, when hay and vetch burgeon in the heat, and warm … Continue reading →

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