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.

It’s been two years since the ever-wonderful Jean MacDonald (@jean) invited me to chat with her on the Micro Monday Podcast, Episode 95. It was my first time ever being on a podcast but Jean made me immediately comfortable and I enjoyed the experience a lot.

Since that episode, I’ve undergone some major life changes and it has become a personal time capsule of a slice of my life I would not have otherwise documented. Forcing myself to re-listen, I can find all sorts of knit-picks to criticize myself for but overall, I still stand by much of what I said:

• Finding ways to embrace your local climate is key to enjoying where you live.
• Participating in creative pushes, like Micro.blog’s monthly photo challenge, are great opportunities to connect with other people and better understand your own creativity.
• Personal blogs are far more interesting to follow than hashtag social media hustles.

Though I liked summer light on you
If we ride a winter-long wind
Well, time’s not what I belong to
And I’m not the season I’m in

• Robin Noel Pecknold