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March 10th, 2025
I didn’t really get back to sleep the other night… or the next if I’m being totally honest. I’ve just been trying to stay busy – I’ve been reading, keeping the radio cranked and generally trying to dispel some of the quiet and cloying loneliness.I thought I saw Barbie out by the fence today, but…
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March 8th, 2025
Today I awoke at 3am apropos of nothing.My eyes snapped open and I stared at the dark ceiling, taking inventory of who I was and where I was and what had woken me.I could hear the tap dripping in the bathroom and the electric hum of the furnace in the background.I got out of bed,…
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March 6th, 2025
It’s still snowing.I didn’t know it was possible to have fresh snow falling all through March – I knew that there were places where snow was still around in March obviously. And, I’ve seen those little crystal-like ice flakes falling in March, but this is those big, wet flakes that just pour out of the…
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March 4th, 2025
I was washing dishes today when I caught sight of a figure making their way down the wooded path through the trees.I know I was in town a few days ago, and I met Barbie a few days before that, but all this snow feels muffling somehow – like, the world exists like normal, but…
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March 2nd, 2025
I woke late today, the light filtered in through the kitchen windows and speared through my partially open bedroom door, shining directly into my eyes.I stumbled down the hall to the bathroom and saw more white flakes whipping past the window. The sky is the bluest blue again and there seem to be only a…
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March 1st, 2025
The snow just keeps coming, I’ve never seen anything like it. I went out to town last night to pick up supplies and even while I was loading my cart with good food that would last a long time I saw other shoppers eyeing my cart.I had soups, meats, breads and lots of beans and…
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In the Northern Wood 