Old winter, changes and breathing technique

 2012

Hoarfrost visit

The strange low shroud of clouds on Dec 27, 2012, left a gorgeous picture (see below)

Rare hoarfrost has descended on the topmost trees around Asheville, NC.

Last year's skimpy snow.

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Silence fell

like a hammer
made of feathers.
It left holes in the shape
of the sound of the sea.
Terry Pratchett

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Gratefulness is there from the very beginning, because it is always a loving listening to whatever comes your way, and if you lovingly listen to it, you are grateful for it.

Br. David Steindl-Rast ------------------  This Word for the Day really made me pause, as I'm bemoaning all the changes that I don't expect that I have to deal with. OK, lovingly listen to them...what a concept! (And so far I'm angry at a customer service reps that won't answer my question in order for me to make an expensive and irreversible decision as to how much my insurance (yes it's mine!) will pay, either in a ballpark or percentage. I gave the CSR a "0" on the survey, and she said she was sending me an email, but so far (45 minutes of setting up a new "secure" mailbox system) it hasn't worked. I think she did that because of the "0" but I told her I was going to do that. ---------------- So how about an old medical guru's method of breath control for anxiety, or falling asleep? Asleep in 60 seconds, Dr. Andrew Weil. Yes - Thankful thursday!!