cold and cold

Brrr...

    WOW. Thanksgiving Day the high temperature was (a very abnormal) 75 degrees; last night the low was 32.  It has turned cold.  Much later than last year, but, nevertheless, it has turned cold.  Not as cold as "they" predicted (prediction per weather.com was 24), but, cold.  I got up twice during the night - both times just in time to revive the woodstove.  Both times there was one little burning ember from which to catch fire to paper and twigs, then kindling, then logs.  This morning I moved the chairs in "the Cozy" closer to the stove; yep, it's now officially cold!

Meanwhile, I HAVE a cold.  Ugh; the kind with the sore throat and dry cough.  The kind where you have the energy and vision of a new-born kitten. Moshe is being very kind; made me coffee, brought me the heating pad for my feet while I'm sitting at the computer, is currently making breakfast and some soothing herbal tea...
     Despite working in the medical field for nearly three decades, I find myself wishing there was some magic pill to make me feel better... Well, I guess there is... it's called time.  This too shall pass.  So, I'll put on another layer of clothes, surround myself with Kleenex and the Vicks bottle. Keep the heating pad nearby.  Relax with a movie, read, or nap.  Maybe a dog  will cuddle up with me?  Time will pass and the cold will be gone.  Thank you, Lord. Amen.
             Shalom y'all - Twyla

Gone with the Wind

           Last night we watched the first part of Gone

With  the Wind.  What a wonderful movie, even for

a self-appointed critic such as myself, who involuntarily notices loopholes in the storyline. The grandeur, the costumes, and Rhett's dry humor are great. Scarlettt's self-deception and denial are reminders to keep one's own reality in check. And, it's a reminder, as well, of how precious things are that we tend to take for granted... food and other provisions, freedom, the comfortable easy-going lifestyle of the mountains. Just as Scarlett and the others had to adjust to change, I fear we will also have to.  I pray our American way of life is not gone with the wind...