Winter snow

“Snow hushes the world, inviting us to listen within.” 

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Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour. – John Boswell

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“Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder–no matter how old you became and how much you’d seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.”–Candace Bushnell

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“I prefer winter and Fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape–the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show. ” –Andrew Wyeth

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“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it. ” –John Burroughs

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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. — Anton Chekhov

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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. — Anne Bradstreet

No permanence

“We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.”  ~ Zhuangzi

Winter has arrived in Northern NM

  This morning, around 6:30am, my 9 year old son woke me up wide eyed and full of excitement. “Mom, it snowed!” After throwing some snowballs in our yard, we decided to drive out to the Rio Grande Gorge. We weren’t disappointed! As he stated, on our drive back home, before he fell asleep against…