The last time I slept alone, overnight, in the woods, was in September 2001, on an Outward Bound course that happened to also be in the Asheville area, during the week of the September 11th attacks. With my daughter at camp, I just did it again, and it felt significant to realize that that first…
Tag: nature
Linking Thermostat and Weather
On a cold day like today, I am reminded of something that I’ve been thinking of on and off — a practice that seems intuitive to me, but I think is not widely used: adjusting one’s thermostat based on outside temperature. Now, clearly people do this to some extent, for instance, in the fall, waiting…