My dear one, Once again I find myself in an "unusual-for-the-South" winter wonderland. The snow fell silently all night after a Friday of freezing rain and sleet (or are they the same?). I woke to a brilliantly cold Saturday morning and a heart full of joy at the prospect of a long walk to savor the stillness and capture a few images. The snow coating the broad magnolia tree by my window is an especially beautiful anomaly!
Yesterday's icy conditions gave rise to the cancelation of classes, and I used the unexpected and precious gift of time to clean my apartment and write some needed emails for an event my organization is hosting in April. So now I'm enjoying this Saturday to the fullest -- baking cranberry orange muffins, drinking my favorite tea, Skyping with a far-away friend, browsing Instagram for inspiring Icelandic landscapes, and doing my best to ignore your absence. I'm chipping away at my 2016 book list, which includes such diversity as Massad Ayoob's Deadly Force: Understanding Your Right to Self Defense and the poetry of William Cowper.If only I could invite you and your friends over for a bowl of hot soup and a muffin! Here's hoping that by the next snowfall I have found you...
Until then,
Your Evenstar
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