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The Blizzard of 2013

Posted on February 11, 2013 by newenglandkiwi

It might have caught the attention of some of you that we had a little bit of snow here in New England over the weekend. We actually got off pretty lightly here in Western Massachusetts, and by “lightly” I mean … Continue reading →

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Taxonomy By Night

Posted on January 17, 2013 by newenglandkiwi

We had a brief thaw here last week, enough to melt almost all the snow (though it was replenished quickly enough). Turns out one of the side-effects of “warm” (translation: above freezing) temperatures and low winds on an area with … Continue reading →

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Twenty Below

Posted on January 3, 2013 by newenglandkiwi

The serious part of winter has arrived here in Western Massachusetts – we got a foot of snow between Christmas and New Year’s, and it is, admittedly, very pretty. It’s also sticking around, because along with the snow, we’ve also … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas, Everyone

Posted on December 23, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

This is the view from my kitchen window. This is the forecast for Christmas Eve/Christmas Day: Many, many Christmas-related movies have taught me that it is common, nay, traditional, for the “white” part of “white Christmas” to be withheld until … Continue reading →

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The World’s Best(???) Christmas Shop

Posted on December 18, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

You know that thing where the closer you live to a tourist attraction, the less likely you are to actually visit it? Like how I lived in Christchurch for six years and never visited the Antarctic Centre (although that had … Continue reading →

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On The Day

Posted on November 6, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

Obviously, Hurricane Sandy failed to blow us away. (We didn’t even lose power – it rated slightly more exciting than Irene, much less than various other natural disasters.) The man-made perfect storm that is the US Presidential Elections is, however, … Continue reading →

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October Surprise

Posted on October 28, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

Two days ago, I was muttering imprecations about what I was going to do if I saw one more campaign ad for Elizabeth Warren or Scott Brown, a.k.a. the Only Political Game In Town in Western Massachusetts, let alone more news … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft Country

Posted on October 22, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

It’s nearly impossible to overemphasize the importance of Hallowe’en in the American holiday calendar. I don’t know how it plays out in California or Mississippi or Florida – places where the days are longer and the trees greener in October … Continue reading →

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The Big E

Posted on September 27, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

It’s the time of year in America – the official beginning of autumn – when state and county fairs are held. These are basically the equivalent of a Kiwi A&P show, only on widely varying scales from the very local … Continue reading →

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Public Spaces

Posted on June 19, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

New England is so crowded by American – and Kiwi – standards that I have trouble believing sometimes that Massachusetts really is the ridiculous percentage forest that it is, although it’s helped somewhat by the American habit of building houses … Continue reading →

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