Welcome back winter.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Waiting for 'da snow
Never has a snowstorm been so anxiously awaited as this week in Boise, with Bogus Basin Ski Resort still barren and closed in mid-January, the worst snowpack in its 69-year history. Up in Sun Valley they've been skiing since Thanksgiving, making snow on Baldy and maintaining what they do have quite well on the nordic trails north of town. We skied the 32-kilometer Boulder Mountain Tour trail Saturday and returned the next day to ski around Galena Lodge. Hey!--are those storm clouds on the horizon?
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
League of Extraordinary GentleWomen (& Men)
Each year the Jones clan, of which I am a member by virtue of my sweetie being the eldest of 5 Jones sisters, gathers for a post-Christmas Christmas, usually in the Ozarks of central Missouri. They are individually remarkable people -- Paul the Methodist theologian turned Trappist monk and prolific author; the twins Suzanne and Elise, both environmental leaders and now becoming political leaders in addition; Wendy, a bilingual educator who emerged from recent cancer treatment with a sense of equanimity and gratitude for life; Amy, a gifted calligrapher and artist who also has a pretty sharp left brain too; and of course Katherine, a photojournalist, columnist and printmaker. Then there's the nephews and significant others, like Karl the rocket scientist. A pretty diverse lot, but what they share in common is a focus on living intentionally, something that is reinforced at these annual gatherings through family rituals and ceremonies. This group portrait was made at the end of the last gathering.
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