One of the things I truly love about where I live is that I can be on snow, xc skiing, snowboarding or just running around , maybe sitting on a snowbank….
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It was actually a bit warm for her at 50 degrees! Used to the snow and cold weather. |
One of the things I truly love about where I live is that I can be on snow, xc skiing, snowboarding or just running around , maybe sitting on a snowbank….
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It was actually a bit warm for her at 50 degrees! Used to the snow and cold weather. |
First, let’s get the photos of Mae out of the way….I realize I should possibly change the name of this blog to Mountain Mae instead of Me. But if you own a dog, especially a young dog, you know that they completely take over your life!
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the “I hear a Subaru” face |
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close up |
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Snowshoe trail , so perfect for Mae~ |
Ok, now that that is done…let’s back track a bit.
Remember the book list? There were a couple I wanted to mention. The most memorable book I read last year was “A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara. Huge book, over 700 pages, and the Amazon description made it sound like a nice little romp through the lives of a group of college friends. It was so much more! And I won’t spoil anything for you but I will say the reason it stayed with me and was so memorable is that the story was not what I expected at all. The other reason was that the writing was VERY good , and in places (little places) even reminded me of Whitman. However, there were a couple of flaws in the book that really made it tumble off the GREAT list. One is the fact that you had to read about 500 pages to find out what had happened in the main character’s life. By then did I care??? No. I pretty much skipped through that part of the book. The other thing was that in places it started to feel like a script for Law & Order, SVU.
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“skinning” up |