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Moose Reading
We spent the first week of the hunt at a sturdy cabin but today we are off to a tent (a big tent, but still) up the river. When I voiced concern about the food and bears Chip said there are more bears in my backyard than up there, and certainly in town. It's true. The...
Yes, there really is more snow than usual.
It's official. December's snowfall total was a record 91 inches. (The previous record was 77 inches.) Now the rain has made it even heavier, and messier, and the walkways and roads are even slicker. The official radio road report called driving conditions on the...
Find the Good this New Year
Forget diets, exercise plans, cleaning the basement, praying more and worrying less-- all of that stuff will fall into place if you begin a very simple, deliberate practice of finding the good by intentionally seeking the positive in people and situations. Finding the...
A Bright Snowy Sunday Walk Postcard
It's crazy blowing snow and dark, again. They say we will get another 5-10 inches today, but yesterday was so great I can only hope there's another blue sky high in our future. In the meantime, here's a postcard of my walk home from yoga (9:30) and church (10:30)...
Sunday’s Thought (S)
"How can this be? Such calm, such peace, such solitude in this world of woe?" From David Budbill's poem, The Sixth of January. I was listening to the news of a woman suicide bomber in Russia killing 14 people at a market, when I looked out the door and that line...
Boxing Day at Camp Weasel, a Dec. 26 Postcard
A Christmas Acrostic
Christmas C is for Caroling in the Presbyterian church Christmas Eve, Caroline's princess outfit, and Christian's phone call right on cue. H is for Home for the Holidays, except for Justin who missed the ferry and couldn't fly because of all the snow. R is for the...