31\u00a0 91%\u00a0 26%\u00a0 3mph N bar29.80 steady windchill29\u00a0 Imbolc<\/p>\n
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This snow has a lot of different forms: sleet, snert, wet snow, less wet snow.\u00a0 At least it didn’t plug the snowblower.\u00a0 As I followed the snowblower down the driveway and back up, I had these background\/foreground visions:\u00a0 background–I’m layered up, in swiftly falling snow and operating a loud orange machine; foreground–I’m sitting on the lanai of our oceanview room in the Westin looking out toward the western horizon of the Pacific ocean as the sun begins to set.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The snow makes the transition from Minnesota to Hawai’i a nice contrast.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Getting stuff done today and tomorrow since on Wednesday I leave for Dwelling in the Woods.\u00a0 My day without the guys I plan to snowshoe and read about Taoism, prepare for my workshop.\u00a0 During the retreat I plan to snowshoe at least once a day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Picked up some dried mulberries today at the co-op.\u00a0 Sweet, but not local.\u00a0 Not hardly.\u00a0 From Turkey.\u00a0 It just occurred to me that I read an article this afternoon about silk scarf makers in Armenia, next to the Turkish border.\u00a0 They had a historic industry, but the Armenian genocide wiped it out.\u00a0 This town had just received a grant from the EU to grow, mulberry trees!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
31\u00a0 91%\u00a0 26%\u00a0 3mph N bar29.80 steady windchill29\u00a0 Imbolc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Crescent of the Winter Moon This snow has a lot of different forms: sleet, snert, wet snow, less wet snow.\u00a0 At least it didn’t plug the snowblower.\u00a0 As I followed the snowblower down the driveway and back up, I had these background\/foreground visions:\u00a0 background–I’m … Continue reading Mulberry Trees in Armenia<\/span>