The trees are inspiring as they stand sentinel through the cold winter winds. Sure, they look forward to spring’s blooming but this time is theirs too. Waving hello as I walk by and sheltering the smaller creatures as they can.

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Firestone Farm Fields are looking beautiful in the snow today. (Photo curtesy of my wife.)

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An icon featuring the letters MN next to a compact disc with a colorful reflective surface

2026 Update: I have retired my music blog for both issues of cost and interest.

Since 2023, I’ve been writing micro album reviews. These are mostly for myself to remember albums I’ve enjoyed but I realize other people might find them useful for finding new music. I will be adding more as I listen.

After decades of seeing fake, over-saturated travel photos online, it’s tough to convince anyone when you experience one in your own backyard.

I enjoyed watching the steam’s colorful glow in this morning’s 8° sunrise.

Photograph of a rooftop covered in frost, a single steam pipe sticking up

Staying warm with lots of family at the New Year’s Day party at the farm.

Photograph at night of a white farmhouse covered in snow with glowing warm lights on the porch and windows

I was delighted when the morning greeted me with beautiful blue skies and newly fallen snow. I’d rather be hiking in it than sitting in this morning meeting.

Photograph of a snow covered yard with raking sunlight and long shadows a large Christmas decoration shaped like a deer is in the top left corner posed like it is eating the snow

Greg! What is best in life?

To snuggle your kitties - see them sleeping before you, and hear the purring through their snores.

Photograph of a cat sleeping across the legs of someone wearing black socks and pajama pants who is sitting on a grey couch and holding a cup of coffee in the foreground

I was hanging Christmas lights to add some color to our dark evenings and the sky absolutely showed me up. Those colors aren’t boosted, they were that saturated in real life. I couldn’t help but repeatedly stop working to stare in awe.

Highly saturated sunset sky of deep blue with orange and pink clouds swirling towards the horizon

The cat will now live in her heated bed until spring and just like that, it’s treadmill season for me.

Photograph from inside a house of snow falling outside of the window with a cat’s head silhouetted in the foreground

In the cold of winter,
with tree limbs now bare,
along the dark road,
stands a beast who stares.

A star in his paw
for a tree made of light,
he waves as you pass,
turn home, don’t turn right.

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