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winter blues Archive

Panic Attack

Every single cell in your body feels as if it will explode. Your heart beats faster than seems possible. There is at once a feeling that you are falling from a great height combined with the sensation that you are being hurtled through thin air in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Your shoulders tighten [...]

Post Holiday Cabin Fever — Wanderlust

The itch begins between the temples, reverberates back and forth inside your head until your eardrums start tingling and your eyes start to burn.  No, you can’t scratch this itch, it’s deep in your subconscious.  This itch gnaws at you and you can’t explain why you can’t sit still. Everything should be cool, you tell [...]

Come on Springtime

The hacking started sometime around the 22nd of November.  Coughs and phlegm punctuate our conversations. One of the three of us has been sick for the entire month of December.  The days are short, the weather is cold, and I’ve not been on my bike since November 7th.  This is becoming a drag. That ride [...]

Spontaneous Mini Vacation

Taking flight is something that I rarely advocate, however sometimes it makes good sense.  We have been burried by snow and beaten down by cold weather this winter in Maryland.  Mr. Grey has been stuck inside for weeks.  Two year old boys with lots of energy don’t deal well with being trapped inside. At first [...]