Like most people on the eastern seaboard, our home is under a 30 inch blanket of snow. I'm grateful for many things: for weather forecasting that allowed people to prepare, for electricity and a working heater, for unlimited sources of things to read and watch: books, YouTube, Netflix … [Read more...] about Snow Sabbath: brought to us by #Blizzard
Cactus Trapped In Ice, thoughts on Barry Lopez’ “Arctic Dreams”
Last winter I savored a book called?Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez.?I read a few pages each night, shivering under my covers no matter the heat of our furnace. Today the DC region has come to a halt under a blanket of snow. Yesterday I took this picture of our prickly pear cactus, which is trapped in … [Read more...] about Cactus Trapped In Ice, thoughts on Barry Lopez’ “Arctic Dreams”
More Snow
Out my window it is swirling white, and I can hear the sound of the wind. This is the third snowstorm in a row, and what's even more wierder, is that I live in northern Virginia, which normally doesn't DO snow. But I'm not complaining. It's lovely, much of the time, and provides some physical … [Read more...] about More Snow
It’s Called Grace: Blizzard of 2009
On the day before the fourth Sunday of Advent, God decided to speed up our holiday celebrations by blanketing us with snow. We were, collectively, forced inside by 20 inches of snow. I'm loving it. Today, all around, church services were cancelled. I was as gleeful as a 3rd grader who wore her … [Read more...] about It’s Called Grace: Blizzard of 2009