We received another lovely coating of snow overnight, and now it has stopped.
Mother Nature left us a nice dress-up for this morning.
Not too much. Not too little. Just right for making things pretty and allowing us to still walk around without much effort.
We have warm temps coming, even up to the 50s in a few days, so this could be the last of our snow storms.
We won't hold our breath, though, because during recent years, March has left us with some doozies, including a blizzard or two.
Still, this morning fits nicely with winter as a whole. It's been a pleasant few months.
Bill likes to have his tea brew and get cold outside on the hood to the car.
This morning's new batch caused a small meltdown.
The woods work goes on as Bill continues to clean up the trees that fell or broke off during last September's bizarre wind storm.
Bridie, his faithful helper, is always there, especially to get the ball when Bill takes time out to throw it.
These trees went down in a pocket on our southeast property next to the road.
There was really no rhyme or reason why certain trees went down while others around them stayed.
Terri Gross will be interviewing Rich Benjamin today on her NPR series "Fresh Air."
When I told Bill about the interview, he said that Rich is the only person ever on "Fresh Air" to be a member of our Lovestead Lodgepole Society.
As mentioned before, Rich spent the better part of a day and evening with us several years ago while he was preparing to write his first book Whitopia.
Author Rich Benjamin and Bill at the Lodgepole tree.
from Amazon.com:
Rich Benjamin is a cultural anthropologist and the author of Searching
for Whitopia.
His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York
Times, The Washington Post and elsewhere. He is also a sought-after
lecturer and a public-facing scholar often interviewed in international
media, including on MSNBC, CNN, and BBC.
His work has received support
from the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, Princeton University,
the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Institute.
During the time we spent together, we inducted him into our Lodgepole Society, which honored an amazing double-trunked lodgepole in the far pasture.
Besides writing books, Rich contributes his thoughts and observations fairly often on MSNBC and NPR.
I have begun reading his book "Talk to Me," which was released last week. It's a family memoir with events in Haiti where Rich's grandfather served as President for 19 days in 1957.
In my reading thus far, I have had no problem turning the pages to see what happens next. It's a smooth read.
So, if you have time, you can listen to Rich's interview on today's "Fresh Air" program wherever you happen to be.
I doubt that he'll mention the Lodgepole Society.
The link below includes information in another interview with Rich.
Big day for Sandpoint High girls basketball.
They'll play their first game at the State Tournament, starting at 11 a.m. PST.
It's going to be an uphill battle for the Bulldogs. They play top-ranked Middleton, which has lost only one game.
Wishing them the best as they fulfill this dream of representing their hometown and playing at State.
GO, BULLDOGS!
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