More Baking

We have been doing a little baking this holiday season. Our neighbors are very generous with their snow blower, so we figure we should be generous with our cookies. Our church serves at Dorothy Day and requested cookies, so there are 4 more dozen. My brother lives in a small apartment where cooking space is not abundant, another couple dozen. I always like to take some up to the bike shop, always a nice treat. Then we need to make sure we have some to take with us for Christmas in SD. And that leaves, hopefully, a few leftover for us to consume here at the house. I think it will take a few more mixing bowls before I feel we have enough.

Along with all the cookies, some ideas have been "baking" in my brain for a while. I am wanting to get back into more of a daily routine. I want to be more consistent for writing what is rolling around in my brain. Looking back through previous posts, I am reminded of why I write stuff down. It really is about clearing out my mind and being able to concretely focus on what is happening in my life. Even though there is a lot of trivial events, it is the process of taking a thought through from start to finish. Like most everything, practice makes ease of all.

I have been slacking in the photo department for a while and that will not do. I have started to make the practice of carrying a camera with me wherever I go in order to be able to capture scenes like this:

Bishop Leonidas Lent-Hamline University
(hat by anonymous)

Let it Snow

I'm not proud of it, but I called off work today. We are receiving a bit of snow here in the Twin Cities and my attempt at riding to work was not what I would call fun. This is one of the very few times I wish I had a Pugsley (or a new Mukluk!). I know I could have made it to the shop, but what concerned me more was how difficult it would be to make it back home. I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have a lot of customers anyway.

So I guess that means I bake cookies and maybe spend a little time in the basement starting the Cross Check conversion to Trans Iowa mode. Not that there is a lot to do, but I think there is still some mud that I can dig out from this year's attempt. That while keeping an eye on the street. We have already dug out one of our neighbors trying to make it through the intersection.

(view from my front door)

Enjoy the snow!