{"id":7201,"date":"2013-11-06T11:53:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T16:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=7201"},"modified":"2013-11-06T11:53:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T16:53:21","slug":"battening-down-the-hatches-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2013\/11\/06\/battening-down-the-hatches-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Battening down the hatches, alone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Another sign of the season shifting: turkeys are full-grown. My handsome flock.<\/p><\/div>\n

I like autumn: the air has a special clarity, the light comes in at a sharpening slant, and you can see the shape of the land through the woods.<\/p>\n

During all my years in the north country, I have also loved the feeling of getting ready for winter. Battening down the hatches.<\/p>\n

Food is put up in freezers and jars, wood is stacked, chimneys are cleaned, the cookstove is warming the house, and I start to think about more sedentary projects I can work on guilt-free during the cold months–things I don’t do when the weather is warm and there’s so much to do outside in the garden or fields.<\/p>\n

Snowshoeing and ice-skating, even the occasional snow shoveling and plowing, leave lots of time for those indoor activities I neglect the rest of the year–reading, writing, working with yarn, catching up with old friends.<\/p>\n

I’ve lived alone at times during my life and I’m facing this winter alone, again. It’s different than preparing for the cold with a partner or housemate.<\/p>\n

So here’s the question for those of you who have lived alone, or do now: what do you do to make those long quiet months of winter warm and secure, comfortable emotionally and physically? Particularly if you live outside of a village.<\/p>\n

Let’s talk about making winter work for those who live alone.<\/p>\n

Thanks.<\/p>\n

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