There is everywhere ice. When I took Gabriel out this morning it was soft ice. Soft and textured. I was careful. I did not fall. The temperature is iffy. Some places locally are a little colder than others. The telephoned Police Alert advises us to stay off the streets and DO NOT TOUCH fallen branches as power lines have been pulled down.
It is so very beautiful. Hard to understand how such beauty can be such a danger. It seems like some kind of trick. Sometimes I feel as though life is like that also -- some kind of trick. I go along and everything seems peaceful and good and then -- wham -- I get blindsided. Sometimes that is because I am just unaware and not paying attention to the whole of life. Zeroed in on my own self too much maybe. Have to pay more attention to what is going on in the lives of the people around me. Open myself up to the needs and feelings of others.
