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Our Maine Adventure

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 / Katie Baker / Leave a comment

One of our first adventures was going to Maine with my boyfriend's sister. We had been dating about four months at that point and the invitation came at the last minute. Although we had tickets to go to Little Women in Ithaca for that same week, we chose a week of Acadia over a night … Continue reading Our Maine Adventure

A Foggy Day

October 12, 2022October 11, 2022 / Katie Baker / Leave a comment

The fog closes in. It makes the world tight, brings it right up against your window. It drifts through your yard in waves of mist. It pools like cloudy streams of milk in the valley and the hollows of the hills. Red and orange trees peek up above its tide, but it mutes their vibrancy … Continue reading A Foggy Day

Darned. Spring. Storm.

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 / Katie Baker / Leave a comment

The daffodils shiver in agreement.

Coffee on a Frigid Morning

January 31, 2022January 30, 2022 / Katie Baker / Leave a comment

The cold bites down on us with teeth like razors. I sit in my boyfriend's kitchen cradling a hot cup of coffee, and I look out the window above the sink toward the rooftops in their neat rows along the neighboring streets. The steam from the coffee tickles my chin and bears to my nose … Continue reading Coffee on a Frigid Morning

Keep a Free Mind

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 / Katie Baker / Leave a comment

Breathe in. Breathe out. It will be okay as long as you just catch your breath. Look up into the sky. Clear blue sky. Endless blue sky. Sunshine against the side of your face. Stand for a moment and listen. The world speaks. A squirrel twitters from the tree branches somewhere behind you. The wind … Continue reading Keep a Free Mind

Applause

December 22, 2021December 21, 2021 / Katie Baker / Leave a comment

All of a sudden, the gray skies open and lose their payload. Sheets of rain cascade past my windows and strum amidst the pebbles in my driveway. Their chorus floats back to me faintly through the closed window– a throaty song rather like a wide arena filled with applause. But who is it the rain … Continue reading Applause

Maybe It’s Strange

November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 / Katie Baker / 10 Comments

Maybe it’s strange, but I really don’t mind the darker mornings in the fall. There’s something cozy about the dark pressed up against my window panes, and the way it makes the light inside my house seem more golden. I enjoy the extended mornings because in the summer, I’m usually awake as soon as the … Continue reading Maybe It’s Strange

The Clouds that Muck Up Our Hearts

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 / Katie Baker / 5 Comments

When the rain finally breaks and the autumn sun returns, my heart feels a little lighter. It's comforting to watch the leaves sparkle in the wind and to remember there is more to life than just gray and dreary and dreadful things. Sometimes we need the spears of sunshine to pierce through the clouds that … Continue reading The Clouds that Muck Up Our Hearts

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