For the first time in six years (minus the year in Alabama, where we did actually get a dusting), I’m not anticipating any snow for winter. Nor any below-zero, ice-particle-blowing, freeze-your-face-windy, shovel-till-you-can’t-lift-a-mug-of-tea days. I’m not going to lie, I’m pretty excited about it. I prefer to visit the snow on my terms, and if I get the
Snow is beautiful. It can also create stress. I’m listening to an interesting book called Brain Rules by John Medina. One of the chapters deals with the effects of stress on the brain. Short version: it’s generally not good! And while I was tromping through the white, fluffy stuff with my dog—we’ve had about a foot
This week’s blizzard (aka Storm Juno) was my first Nor’easter. And boy was it a good one! Sometimes pictures are better than words, so I’ll turn this post over to the visual media… (click on any photo to enlarge)
We had our first “sticky” snow of the season overnight. It didn’t last long, and I know it’s just the beginning, but it still made me smile. Especially since the sun came out. If you’re working on NaNoWriMo this year, let me know how it’s going. I have my own goal for November—to finish book
If you celebrate Christmas, I hope yours was merry! Have a wonderful holiday week. We’re getting a white (day after) Christmas after all. 🙂
I have snow and synopses on the brain today. The DC area got about eight inches yesterday afternoon/evening. My kids got a snow day, and my husband had a five-hour commute home that culminated with his bus getting stuck at the offramp and him walking about two-and-a-half miles home because his car was socked in
Okay, so the only thing on my mind right now is snow. We’re finally getting a real blanket of it in Northern Virginia. Several inches so far. It’s pretty, but annoying when you have to be out in it. Maybe even downright unsafe. School was let out early today, and I ended up slipping quite