by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jan 20, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On MLK Day—the Federal Holiday it took decades to...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jan 23, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
On the second snow day within a week—the day after the three-day MLK weekend—are you expecting a reminder to register for summer camp? From here—cold, slushy then iced over with phrases like “wintry mix” and “storm next week”...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jan 25, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
A Sunday morning in New England, toward the end of January during the midwinter arctic blast that has temps barely pushing plus zero at nearly eight AM; it is beyond cold. There is enough snow piled about that driving around a corner you can connect with your inner...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jan 28, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
It has just been, cold. What really is there to say about the fact that cruel and cold go together somewhere in the language for a reason? And where my general approach to winter is to embrace it enough not to be stuck inside, this round, I pretty much wanted to stay...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jan 30, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
The snow is pretty. Repeat that phrase. The snow is pretty. And I’m pretty much, temporarily at least, over the snow. More than the snow, I’m over feeling cold. Cold is not over New England (it’s the end of January, so that’s actually a good...
