New Year's Cheer From Fiona and Colleen

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..That was Fiona helping to write my blog post. Heaven knows I must need help getting started; it's been over a month since last time!

School and work are cancelled tomorrow: Snow day!! Big plush drifts all iced over. They look like meringue in the orange sidewalk lamps. 

We all have colds so it's a blessing to get a day to rest up. And to keep up with assigned readings. I'm taking an introductory fiction writing course, intermediate poetry writing, literature of the American West, and history of women in pre-modern Europe. Lots to read, lots to write! I like my profs and expect to learn a great deal.

I walked through the fluffy powder to classes today...pure joy. All the same, Ruby's tales of blossoming trees and t-shirt weather in Pasadena have me a tad wistful, so here's a pic of Fio and me last summer in the Oregon sunshine.

 The Indian Caves at Enchanted Forest are spooky and fun.