Melting then freezing

leaves ice rink roads and sidewalks -

       skiing?  I think not! 

Sun sets and temps drop

from fifty to "low of 8" -

         it was a nice day.

We skied at the Forrestville Trailhead. Still easing back into this - maybe Blueberry Ridge tomorrow. (Temps supposed to get up to 14, so we'll see.) 

Tracks in snow on the

pedestrian corridor-

       new cross country skis!

We haven't skied in 10 or 15 years. We made it from Fair to Crescent and back. Next maybe a real trail. 

Snow on the rooftops,

windows twinkle in the dark - (1)

       half moon over town.

(1) or "lights twinkle from the ski hill" 

(from the library parking lot!) 

               

St Matthias Day - he

replaced Judas as will

       spring replace winter.

 

Feb 24 in the Episcopal Church and some others. In some places his day was a sign of spring's approach.

One long power cord,

a hair dryer, two cold hands -

       and yesterday's mail.

 

The mailbox was frozen shut!  

"Yes, I received your letter yesterday

(about the time the doorknob broke)

When you asked me how I was doing,

Was that some kind of joke?"

         - Bob Dylan 

 I have come to see the stories of The Fall and The Temptations not as stories of personal testing/trial and personal success/failure, but as a word that there is evil in the world, even in Eden, still in Jesus' day, and still again in our own, and that encountering evil leads to suffering, for you and/or for others -

So -
Always and Everywhere God,
I feel badly for Adam and Eve,
exploring their world,
(testing and pushing boundaries)
encountering evil,
and experiencing the consequences.
I feel badly for our world today,
where evil is present still
and when some push past boundaries
others (we all?) experience consequences.
I am so proud of Jesus
who stayed fully in each moment and met them faithfully.
I wish I could do the same.