Between each batch of cookies
I read a poem.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
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Saturday, February 14, 2015
Friday, February 13, 2015
February 13: Prepared
We can't go a week anymore without another huge snowstorm rolling through, so you'd think people would be stocked up and prepared at this point. Friday night is usually a good time to hit the grocery store, but tonight, two nights before the storm, a lot of shelves were picked clean.
Storm preparations--
water, chips, frozen pizza,
always some need to meet.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
February 12: Food Network
One of our winter entertainments:
We eat burritos
watching chefs on tv
bake exotic desserts.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
February 10: Bean-Throwing
In my Beginner's Japanese class tonight we learned about Setsubun, the Bean-Throwing Cermony held as part of the annual Spring Festival on February 3, the eve of spring in Japan. The ritual, called mamemaki, is supposed to drive away evil spirits from the year ahead. There was no little irony in imitating the ritual with our teacher by tossing beans outside the door into three feet of snow. If only it were really the cusp of spring here.
What you say:
Oni wa soto (demons outside)
Fuku wa uchi (happiness inside)
Beans tossed into snow--
if only this ritual
could conjure spring.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Sunday, February 8, 2015
February 8: US Toboggan Championships
Today was the last day of the US Toboggan Championships at the Camden Snow Bowl. Despite the low temperatures, the tobogganers were lively in the chute, food was hearty, and we left smelling of woodsmoke.
eating egg sandwiches
around the fire pit
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