Anne N. ConnorDec 30, 2022
Presenting the Champlain Ice Scarf: #climate #knitting. The white rows are years when Lake Champlain (#vermont) froze over. The blue rows are years when it did not. Data are from 1800 through 2021. Guess which end is 1820.
Show threadGraham BoydDec 31, 2022
@AnneENConnor excellent representation of what climate change means!
Show threadGraham BoydDec 31, 2022
@AnneENConnor are there stories about the impact, outcomes, consequences of the lake not freezing over? Narratives where the listener can think "that's a story about someone like me" and so feel the impact, even though they may be living a long way away?
Show threadAnne N. ConnorDec 31, 2022
@GrahamBoydphd Here’s a personal essay about declining snow cover in Vermont. Different but related. https://flywayjournal.org/non-fiction/snowshoeing-and-other-endangered-activities-anne-n-connor/
Snowshoeing and Other Endangered Activities – Anne N. Connor

My round bear-paw snowshoes, wood-framed and webbed with rawhide, buoyed me within an inch of the snow’s surface. The snow in the Vermont woods was up to my chest and

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Show threadGraham Boyd
@AnneENConnor excellent story bringing the message in your knitting to life!
Dec 31, 2022 at 12:05pmWeb