{"id":15716,"date":"2015-12-20T08:22:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T13:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=15716"},"modified":"2015-12-20T08:23:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T13:23:52","slug":"way-way-off-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2015\/12\/20\/way-way-off-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"Way, way off-Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love these short days. Really. My morning drive to the station is dim, gray and white-knuckled.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Khaki<\/a>

Khaki-colored fields. Photo: Jonathan Brown<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s impossible to tell what\u2019s on the side of the road until I\u2019m right on it. The tan grass and dark brown thickets are just the right height to look like deer. So, every clump of roadside brush looks like it\u2019s about to launch itself in front of (or into) my car.<\/span><\/p>\n

It rarely turns out that way, thankfully, but the opposite happens sometimes, too. A deer, or a whole string of them, look like brush until running away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The flurries morph into powdered sugar and the first pink of sunrise mix to make it seem like I\u2019m driving into a jelly donut.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And there are dozens of other fantastic sights. Some, like the stretched out khaki-colored fields, take me I don\u2019t know where, but way beyond North Country roads. Until something appears ahead, like a car. But, in my 20-minute drive to the station the other day, I saw\u2014wait for it\u2014three cars. I counted.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s the thing about this place. It\u2019s a bit of a performance artist. And I have time to watch the show. It\u2019s way, way off-Broadway, but it\u2019s every day and sometimes best on these dark days before the stage is fully lit.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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