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ShalomSeasons

Alone again. I see the silence still has a place for me. - Robert Sund

the seasons change and so do I

ShalomSeasons describes my all-season sojourn in the Colorado high country at our family cabin named Shalom. I continue to add insights about living alone in an isolated, snowbound cabin as well as weather updates, photos of scenic Taylor Park, and more. Scroll down this page to see my occasional blog posts in which I am experimenting with writing down some of my thoughts; the Day to Day page documents general happenings at the cabin.

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Fire and Ice

The annual New Year's Eve bonfire came off without a hitch. Unlike last year with too much snow, the fire actually burned. And unlike...

... and To All a Good Night

Snow finally arrived here at Shalom. I am really looking forward to the joys of winter and sharing some with you. It has been colder, if...

Sometimes I Just Sit and Think ...

So, I’m sitting here pondering the meaning of life, like all good hermits. It seems to me that we are here to live our lives thoughtfully...

Color My World ...

Today is the Autumnal Equinox, the first day of fall. The colors came a bit early this year and are fading already. We were blessed to...

Colorado Day

The Centennial State recognizes its admission to the union in 1876 on August 1 each year. Joyce and I celebrated Colorado Day with a hike...

Midsummer Blues in the Morning After Rain

Rain has come after a prolonged dry spell and the flowers are responding in a beautiful way. Mostly blue for now; reds and yellows come...

The Green Time

Today is the longest day of the year, with last night the shortest. Around here this day signals the great greening of of the landscape....

and so it begins again

After a couple of weeks away to let the rest of the snow sort of melt, I arrived back at Shalom to start the new year. It was about this...

They Sing Anyway

Days grow longer. Snow melts a little. Light on Ice Mountain lingers a long while in the evening. Such is the day, the season. Time. Snow...

Signs of Spring

Spring started about a month early this year, with an extended warm spell. While there still remain two and a half feet of snow at Shalom...

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