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Save Our Snow Days! We Lose Something When We Go Remote During Bad Weather

Mar 14, 2021

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clmcdermid

in #getoutside, Education, Social Distancing, The Public Good, Work

Among all the things potentially ruined by the pandemic, this one is minor, and many adults may not even grieve the loss. But I hope that I am wrong and the pandemic has not permanently eliminated snow days. There is a lot to be cherished in weather closures, for kids and adults. It starts with…
Back to Nature on Boreas Pass

Sep 19, 2020

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clmcdermid

in #getoutside, Dog, Gratitude, Love in the Time of Coronavirus, The Nature

I keep thinking about the first paragraph of Moby Dick, the whole of which is on my fall reading list. “Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see…