PinnedElizabeth RicketsonA Toddler Girl with One Curl…A rugged number of weeks. The unfortunate challenges of life have been unrelentingly hovering over our family. Navigating daily stresses…4 min read·Jan 16, 2023----
PinnedElizabeth RicketsonThe art of capturing moments…A weighty gray November day. Our small house on the hill is encased in a shroud of fog. Heavy rain falls. Off and on. No snow. Vermont in…2 min read·Dec 3, 2022----
Elizabeth RicketsonA Rugged SerenityThe crackle of sleet stings against the bedroom window. Early I wake. I find my way through a darkened house. Quietly peering through a…·1 min read·May 3, 2024----
Elizabeth RicketsonA New SeasonSnow fell by the many inches. The quiet harbinger had arrived. Early hours illuminated. A muffled blanket of white.·1 min read·May 1, 2024----
Elizabeth RicketsonWhatever the Beat…Eyes currently hazel but journeying to be brown. Youth sparkled crisp and clear. Dimples so irresistibly deep. I am fascinated by my…·2 min read·Apr 18, 2024----
Elizabeth RicketsonI Just Kept Driving…Heavy wet snow by the many inches. Again. Biweekly major snowstorms have marked this April. Power outages were felt across Vermont. A…·2 min read·Apr 6, 2024----
Elizabeth RicketsonA Snowstorm, A Sugar House, and A Maple Creemee…Inches fell by the many. Accumulating by the foot. The snow we had longed for in Vermont had finally arrived. January and February proved…·2 min read·Mar 28, 2024----
Elizabeth RicketsonAn Unshakable Belief System…Howling. Yipping and barking. I wake. Coyotes seeming to be just outside my bedroom window on a clear mid-March night. Yet another odd…·2 min read·Mar 19, 2024----
Elizabeth RicketsonThe Blissful Metaphor of this Moment …A Brittany Spaniel sleeps. The couch a perfect fit for us both. Softly Casey snores. My legs comfortably stretched out as she stays very…·2 min read·Mar 10, 2024----
Elizabeth RicketsonJust Being There…Wind whipped. Noise twisted around the delicate yellow house. Rising temperatures have bookended yet another unusual winter. Spring is in…·3 min read·Mar 5, 2024----