Good wishes to you all, with no baggage attached.

Long Island they got 30 inches. Shoveling is all done, and I am taking off tomorrow from church.

back during the Cold War, a whole lifetime ago.

Glad you're safe.

Germany during the winter. My dad use to take us bike riding in the country side. We had this giant hill that we would take our German sleds down. My goodness it was the best times. Then opening the christmas calendar til christmas day. Putting our shoes out in the hall to have our shoes filled with cole if you were bad or candy if you were good. Just walking around the town during christmas was wonderful. Years later my husband and I went and we lived in Heidelberg. What a lovely city. I have such good memories. I still have my sled. I got it when I was 10 yrs old and now am 65. Germans make good products.

back in 74-75. The country was absolutely gorgeous but we spent a lot of time in the field, and the weather made it quite uncomfortable at times.

I flew in and out of Rhein Main, and spent time in Nuremburg, Munich, Regensburg, etc. Mostly southern Germany, with a couple of trips up to the Wurzburg area. Spent a couple of weeks leave at Garmish-Partenkirchen during Christmas season. Beautiful place.

world. Really beautiful. My husband was German about 76 or 77. Then we went in l980 and then he went alone in apprx late 80s. I went to visit him during that time. I don't think I'd been to a place in Germany I didn't like. Wonderful memories for sure. Of course my husband was born in Germany and was adopted by an american family when he was about 4 or 5.

we are fortunate to have the services we have, often taken for granted.

(Hoping you didn't have to shovel any of those roads yourself)

No snow here, but lots of friends on the East Coast got hit hard. I hope all our friends in this group stay warm and dry and off the roads.

Clear and sunny up here today, but a bit on the chilly side; still, we had a small BBQ this afternoon.

Wishing the best for everyone.

Only a couple of inches here in Detroit. The shoveled walks now clean and dry by the power of sunshine.

Downtown in front of my office though they dumped 3 feet of snow, put in ice sculptures, dogsleds and are offering snowshoes for running around. ...all for fun and raising money for heating bills.

I hope everyone who has snow, enjoys it.

That's the name of the band. They play until 11:00.

Ah, the world is a big place.

One of the things that strikes me during the occasional period of melancholy...all the people I'll never meet, and places I won't see.

Of course, sometimes that's a good thing...

Enjoy.

There is so much wonder in life, especially in this era. It's hard to imagine running out of wonders when there are so many wonders I have not yet wondered about. I would wonder about things i have not yet wondered about not with melancholy, but with even more wonder.

Have wonderfilled times.

Oh, and it takes 70 to 80 years to see the world. Best you get started now.

The roads got plowed, but my driveway has almost a foot of snow. My neighbor helped out by driving ruts into it and my snow tires might get me out, but maybe not. I will try tomorrow. Too much snow for me to shovel by hand.

I could use some good wishes.

The best to you all back at everybody.

The good wishes, I mean.

On a more material level, I hope someone helps you with that driveway. One of the things I've always appreciated about good neighbors...the willingness to help.

It may take a couple days and I have everything I need. Easy does it.

Thanks, friend.

That is a great kindness!