Snow.  Beautiful snow.  Beautiful to me snow.  I have managed to annoy several people already today with such gushing excitement about the first significant snowstorm of the winter season in Wisconsin.  It started snowing yesterday afternoon as I was walking around with my brother by the St Croix River on the Minnesota side.  I drove home in the snow.  Carefully.  I am a desert sand and rainy season mud driver these days in my Northern Kenyan home.  I don’t have much chance to practice my snowy road driving skills.  I am very happy to have the snow covering the ground and everything in its sparkling beauty today.  

Though the weather report says it will be well over freezing by Wednesday so this snow cover will be short lived.  Enjoying it while I can.  I have only two more weeks here in USA before heading back to Kenya the week after Thanksgiving.  Hard to believe I’ve already been here 1 ½ months.  Time flies.  I’m hoping to see a bit more snow before I leave.  Shhh, don’t say that too loud or a lot of people will get mad at me and might blame me if there is a blizzard in November.  Haha. 

I had a table of baskets and mats set up at church today where it was United Methodist Women’s Day.  The group was kind enough to let me sell the baskets for the women of Ngurunit Basket Weavers.  Most of the stock I’d brought with me is now sold out.  Good income for the weavers in Kenya.  They really need it too.  Drought still has a firm hold on most parts of Northern Kenya.  I have heard that not only the livestock and communities are suffering but the wildlife too.  So sad.  Praying hard for rain. 

Next time I write here I should be back in Kenya if all goes as planned.  Of course, my adage in life is that the only firm plans that I make are that plans will change.  I go with the flow and remain as flexible as I can in this unpredictable, challenging, fascinating and adventuresome world.  Enjoying the snow.  Looking forward to the return to the desert.  Peace to you all whatever the season and the weather!!