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Enjoying a lovely evening at the Detroit Institute of Art.

The snow is back and lightly falling.

Immensely enjoyed Wayne State’s Jazz Big Band concert tonight. (My nephew is in there playing trumpet.) I spent the whole evening with a smile on my face and my foot tapping.

💿Few things bring as much joy as rescuing musical treasures from the thrift store and adding them to my collection. My daughter, who has never known life without internet, views my CD ripping like I’m a doomsday prepper.

Feeling very fortunate this morning as we still have power while a great many people living west of us do not.

Schools are closed for the second day in a row.

Not driving anywhere tonight.

As much as I enjoy journaling on paper, switching to Day One seems to have finally cracked my problem with abandoning the practice. For now, my phone is my new notebook.

Overnight, all was coated in crystal. Everything now, is still and locked in place. But soon, the sun will gleam and the grass will rise from their bow.

While the teen is away, the parents will play. Enjoying some good music and coffee with the college students in Ann Arbor. My wife and I joked that we were the only people in the place not wearing headphones and on a laptop.

Winter’s chill is ever so slowly waning from the air as the melting snows begin to water the plants they once covered.

We stopped so the train could pass which began a dance over the next several miles. First it went over us, and then we went over it, and finally we traveled side by side, through hills and trees, until our paths diverged.

2° and clear

We set out
and bear witness to a moment.
Silent as the scene before us.

Multiple walks through the trees, feeling thankful to enjoy the snow again. The light is brighter, the world is quieter, and hot drinks are more enjoyable when you come back inside to warm up.

It finally started acting like a proper January! The kid and I filled the yard and front windows with snowmen. ⛄️