SNOW...

You can see the gate sticking out a little - rough shoveling the alley - nowhere to go with the snow!

The drifts were incredible.  You can see the imprint of the garage door behind Graham

The igloo

Jason's boots - I'm claustrophobic a bit - that entry is smalllll but next pic - I did with Graham's gentle?? encouragement!

Soooooo fun - what a blizzard.  Looks so beautiful outside.  Things are quiet and muffled by all of the snow and people are out armed with shovels and friendly and helpful and connected. 

Happy Birthday to our little 2 year-old niece BROOKLYN today!!!  And our good friend Nev is 6 today, too!  And it's groundhog's day AND it's a seriously awesome snow day!  The highway, schools, stores - all shut down!  No tracks in the road until the plows came through late morning. 

The pasta maker was out again:

Butternut squash ravioli.  Jason probably won't make it again - a lot of work and it's not loads better than store-bought - still really good...and really special knowing the effort and craftiness that went into it!

Final product with the ravioli

Homemade pasta with tomatoes and basil.

Finished reading the Power of Kindness by Piero Ferrucci today.  One of those that I could read over and over and over and over (like A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle)...everything makes so much sense and seems so obvious and essential yet I don't live by it day by day.  Paramount - being kind and others-focused - his chapters are: Honesty, Warmth, Forgiveness, Contact, Sense of Belonging, Trust, Mindfulness, Empathy, Humility, Patience, Generosity, Respect, Flexibility, Memory, Loyalty, Gratitude, Service, Joy.  So much yet so simple yet so seemingly difficult to attain or even aspire to in our consumer, self-serving, instant gratification culture.  God give me the strength and focus and calm to do it.  Let me know if you want to borrow the book.  Boswell has had it as their registers permanently for months...which is pretty cool - the preface is by the Hi Holiness the Dalai Lama.