Thai people seem endlessly curious about what I manage to do when I go back to USA every year. There is about one week per year when the weather in BKK drops to 65F (18C) or so (well only until 7am) and during that time, people get colds, fevers and generally freak out. I think that the concept that someone could function in in weather that drops to 30F(-1C), or even 10F(-12C) is a bit beyond many people.

The short answer is that I don’t do much, which is about the right thing to do when the ground is covered in snow. I generally sleep in until 7 or 8am, have coffee, do my yoga practice, and then in the afternoon try to get out and do some sort of out-door exercise. This year I was lucky in that the weather was generally pretty mild. You can go outside dressed properly and go snow-shoe or cross-country ski for a few hours and not really get cold … of course, after two or three hours you start to get cold. After a few weeks of it every day, you really start to crave humidity.

This first set of photos is all from Niskayuna, NY, Vermont will follow. All were shot with my Rolli on Kodak Trix400 B&W film, scans made from the negatives.