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Homage to Sterling Pond
May third was a feast of sun and blue sky And I biked myself crazy ’til noon But a cloud then flew over my bright springy mood And I lapsed into bottomless gloom. But the mystery was short: t’was an … Continue reading
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Or is it over?…..sent by Bill Bunting
>> >> I promised Fred that if he wanted to sail in Monday I would sail too. Who can say “no” to a 90 year old iceboater? I took some longer planks and a pallet over today and with the … Continue reading
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The Season is Over!
…..laying in bed, musing….time ticks slowly by….730, 8AM….IT’S TRULY OVER!….no more vaulting out of bed in the darkness, driven by curiosity about wind, temperature, and the thousand variables of ice….no more spending whole days in sweaty, clammy wetsuits and float … Continue reading
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Bittersweet Days
At dawn, I part the curtains and scan the yard below I see the grass is gaining on the dirty piles of snow I see the spruce bows wiggle when moved by steady airs and my mate adds her “be … Continue reading
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The Call of the Wild: Darmiscotta!
How I love iceboating! It is packed with so many variables–both from mother nature and human nature–that a day of iceboating is almost always unique. We talk excitedly, even dim years later, about “that day on X lake”. I … Continue reading
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