Are You on Your Way to San Jose?

Here is my sister-in-law's orchid tree in full bloom. Though it has been rainy and chilly since I arrived in Arizona, today is sunny with temps in the 50's and it feels very nice to knit out under the blue skies. I got to spend the weekend with my...

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Hoping for Zen

I have something to write about other than the snow. Yes, you guessed it,  it's the aftermath of the snow! I had lots of post started over the last week, but they were all some variant of, "Today, because of the snow, we stayed in and did nothing."...

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A Little Video

Here is a record of the current storm in progress. Hear that wind? By the way, no mocking, okay?  I know this is no biggie for many areas of the country but give us a break, okay? People are suffering here. It's extreme for the area and that's...

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The Post About the Blizzard

This one lived up to the hype. It's been fun but also sobering as some friends have dealt with loss of power, and almost everyone is dealing with being literally housebound until your street is plowed.  We felt compelled to get our truck free of...

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The Cabin

I have a group of friends that gets together in a cabin in the woods of Pennsylvania every year on the last weekend in January.  It has become a constant in my life. It is 3 days of peace, quiet, laughter, tears, firelight, reading, walking in the...

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