seasons – Sam's Online Journal

January 18, 2016January 18, 2016

The “Great” Outdoors

I hate being outside. Quite literary. It is an abhorrent enterprise, if you ask me, but I do it when I have to, when there is no other alternative to being outside. Getting married and having kids will do that sometimes, but I still try to avoid it when at all possible. This morning I … Continue reading The “Great” Outdoors

October 17, 2014

Feels Like Fall

It feels like fall. Finally. Unequivocally. That uncertain feeling of each morning coalescing into the conflicted atmosphere of the afternoon, and eventually fading into the cool veneer of evening. I woke up this morning to the dark of a night gone wrong, to an early start of another autumn day, and to a cool breeze … Continue reading Feels Like Fall

May 31, 2013

Friday Top 5: Spring Tidings

I know most of us have been waiting for spring for a long time (and some of us have been lucky enough to have it already for a while), so I thought on this final day of May I would list my top 5 tidings that tell me that spring is here: 5. Mud season. … Continue reading Friday Top 5: Spring Tidings

March 23, 2013

My December

As cold as the coldest winter chill Seeping into my haggard bones I seek fire Their January eats me alive Then February, short and swift Like a judge’s gavel Descending, then gone A loping deer in the rearview March comes marching by Left, right, left, right An uncertainty unmatched Except by mixed company An April … Continue reading My December

January 27, 2013February 21, 2013

Keeping it Brand, Part 7

In the retail world, seasons are completely different from the real world, which makes it difficult to answer some questions when people ask them, questions like “Where are all the shovels?” This question was asked in the dead of winter when people need shovels the most here in upstate New York. And, “Why are there … Continue reading Keeping it Brand, Part 7