Storm Brooke

Photos
Top: The waters of the Genessee River and Erie Canal meet in Rochester.
Left: The Dewitt Clinton NY State working barge helping to trim the trees along the Erie Canal.
Right: More tree trimming barges on the Erie Canal.

Digging out
Yesterday, Sunday, we were treated to four more inches of snow thanks to Storm Brooke. I said the other day the next storm would be named Bonnie. Either I heard wrong or the meteorologist was misinformed. It doesn’t matter what it was named, it didn’t really ever stop snowing from the time Austin hit.

Today was cold. Really, really cold. It was 10° here at 6 a.m. but once the wind started blowing the wind chill was in the minus single digits.

Hopefully we can relax from all the shoveling and snow blowing for a few days. The weather is supposed to warm up and rain is predicted for Christmas Eve/Day and again over the next weekend.

The Blessings of friendship
Had a wonderful afternoon catching up with my high school classmate and friend, Margie. She is up from Florida to visit family for Christmas. Having been brought up here she doesn’t mind our New England winter that much. At least she knows she will be going back to Florida in a couple weeks. Hopefully we’ll get together again if she comes back in February.

If you regularly read this journal, you will recognize her family as the ones who, every June, throw a Spring Flood Party. They celebrate the fact that either they didn’t have a spring flood or that they survived one. Since they live right on the banks of the Connecticut River, it’s a sure bet they did one or the other! (Ya think? ☺)

Family Christmas
The family will be gathering here on Sunday the 28th for family gift exchange. I’m really looking forward to it. Anne and the boys won’t be here again this year. Since Rick’s folks can’t travel any more, they go to Chicago for Christmas. We won’t see Anne and the boys until some time over the summer.

By the way
I have added links to two blogs I feel are worth your while checking out.

One is Conscious CT authored by Jon Roe’s alter ego, Jon Quixote. Jon keeps the members of the spiritual/wholistic community in Connecticut in touch with each other.

The other is Cindy Miller’s Sacred Ground. You will find beautiful poetry and photos on this blog. Cindy is looking for a book publisher. It may be the book I submitted an article for. Any publishers out there? Contact Cindy. In addition there are beautiful photos, poetry, and inspired comments.