Writing from the past

Over the next few days, I will begin posting a series of writings on landscape history and land use changes. Please feel free to post feedback at any level. Enjoy!

Winter 12

A quick selection of photos. Classic Paris green plastic sled at Trakka, barn in Vermont, bunad at christmas.

2011 Holidays

NW Winter and travel: Sylvie rocking the bluejs, a brief stopover in NYC, and windblown powder at Stevens pass

First Cycling races of the season

Decent workout on Saturday, 45 and raining the whole time= nice weather for a beater cross bike. Did ok in the TT, stayed with the lead break for the first 2/3 of the road race and then chillaxed. Sunday was a short 35 min crit, launched a few attacks and after some excellent blocking by my teammate Henry S won the race with a 10 meter gap. Congrats to Jenna for winning her crit too, and Erik for a 2nd in the mens A division. Now maybe I have merits to buy another road frame:)

Spring-winter-summer

We've had some interesting weather recently. Yesterday, a perfect spring-conditions powder and crust ski at Prospect just enough cover to for Aubrey to classic along with 1.5 trillion Bill Koch league kids. Today, a snowstorm that should coat Williamstown with a foot for the first time since October. Next week, temperatures in the mid-50s and sunny.

I always thought mountain weather was something limited to the Cascades, Rockies, and Alaska Range, but Greylock has proved otherwise. The road is rideable, but not when coated with a freak 2 inches of ice that magically appears some days.

Williams Semester 2 2011-2012

A shout out to the awesome professors I have right now:

J albrecht for data structures and algorithm design

D Tucker-Smith for math methods for physics

E Kolbert for nature writing

P Kohler for environmental policy

You make Williams the best!

When I left Garfield, I was a little bit afraid of heading to a college almost smaller than my high school. But the size of Williams has somehow turned out to be one of my favorite things, both in terms of professor relationships and classmate continuity into everyday life and other classes.

Other blogs

If you're interested feel free to check out the Williams ski team blog at ephnordic.blogspot.com for training, pictures, and results. It is somewhat unclear who's coauthored what, but most all of its good.