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Subarctic Mama

Retired Columns

From “Life in the Sandwich” to “Special Needs Mama” to “Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance”—they’re all here for you to explore.

How to Raise Kids Who Love Winter: Sixteen Tips

When it is -30, and the stars are bright and the baby is in a sling zipped into your parka, the crunch of your snowshoes on the trail sounds like…

Columns, Subarctic Mama | April 2013 | By Nicole Stellon O’Donnell


Cabin Fever

When it’s this cold, I get a taste of what life on a space station must be like. To go outside, I pile into a giant Carhartt parka coat, pull…

Subarctic Mama | January 2013 | By Nicole Stellon O’Donnell


Seven Minutes Less

We live at 64.84, 198 miles south. In winter we see the sun, even if it’s only for a little while each day. At the darkest time, we get three…

Columns, Subarctic Mama | October 2012 | By Nicole Stellon O’Donnell


The Bear Hunt

The story: person sees bear, and perhaps (we may never know), gets too close, moves too quickly, or is simply surprised. Bear sees person, and perhaps (we may never know),…

Subarctic Mama | September 2012 | By Nicole Stellon O’Donnell


You Are Here

I don’t speed past anything any more. I’m barely able to get where I’m going, so I have to be where I am. And I am always with two little…

Subarctic Mama | July 2012 | By Nicole Stellon O’Donnell


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