Category Archives: Weather and Seasons

Sharing Battle Road

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Jon Waldron

So here it is May, and in Southern New England spring is in full riot. Gardens have flowers again, and trees have green leaves. It finally feels like it’s OK to put the storm windows up and the screens down. … Continue reading →

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Spring, and remembering how to run

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Jon Waldron

A short meditation for an early spring day…. It’s the last day of March, and the weather reports are predicting rain, sleet, and snow for the Boston area — an early April Fool’s Day prank from the God of Seasons.

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One Fine Day

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Jon Waldron

  Carole King, One Fine Day According to the almanac, official spring arrived on Monday morning at 6:29 a.m., although I missed the moment because I was still asleep.

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Life in 2016

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Jon Waldron

As 2016 drew to a close, I was a little surprised how many people on social media (and elsewhere) went out of their way to throw rotten fruit at the year on its way out. Of course there’s a long … Continue reading →

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The Natural Order of Things

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Jon Waldron

“Once there was a shop owner who wanted a sign to put up in front of his shop to bring him good luck and many customers. He went to a Zen monk, and asked the monk to write a sign … Continue reading →

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Traveller in Two Worlds

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Jon Waldron

    A week and a half ago I ran alone in the late afternoon, nine miles along the Reformatory Branch trail from Concord Center to Bedford Depot and back. A couple of days later I ran with the team, … Continue reading →

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Fairhaven Bay

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Jon Waldron

So here we are at the end of another August. Hints and warnings that it’s time to give up the long habit of summer are everywhere. A week ago I stopped on my way home from work to run on … Continue reading →

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Oh, the Humidity!

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Jon Waldron

The adaptability of the human body to environmental conditions is astonishing to me. As runners, we experience this as a year-round phenomenon, running in all sorts of weather that appears to others to be extreme, but is actually quite tolerable … Continue reading →

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Ode to Summer Roads

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Jon Waldron

Today is the solstice and the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. This year, the solstice also corresponds with a full moon, a phenomenon known as a “strawberry moon,” which, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, hasn’t occurred since … Continue reading →

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Commencement

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Jon Waldron

“That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.” – Henry David Thoreau Summer began last Friday. If you will be pedantic and insist that the solstice is still three weeks away, I won’t argue the celestial facts. But it … Continue reading →

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