The groundhog was right!

One February 2nd, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow predicting six more weeks of winter. If he had not seen his shadow spring would have been round the corner. DO you know that Phil sees his shadow 90% of time? This year I believe him, winter seems to be kicking into high gear later this year. When I got up this morning it was 12F (-11C) outside and the temperature is dropping (down to 10F (-12C) already). It is hard to understand how I can bear to live in such cold after growing up in the tropics. Kenya is going through their hot/dry spell. I miss that heat sometimes... I miss “Africa Hot”. I miss lying on the soft grass under the shade of hibiscus bush basking. I tried basking here the US, what a joke that turned out to be. Everyone thought I was trying to catch a tan! I just love feeling the heat of the sun. These are nice thoughts for a cold day. We are indoors today. First on the agenda are our Saturday morning chores, which normally take a two hours. Lunch follows at about 1 pm. The children make their own lunch – they really enjoy doing this. I bought them a children’s cookbook for Christmas. The afternoon will be interesting. I am organizing a scavenger hunt for the afternoon. I’ll be back with the details later.

The memorial service was nice. Aunty would have loved it, as the kids misbehaved. She loved hearing about children having fun in church services; the baby talked the entire time and the three year old bounced on her seat, on the kneelers and on the floor. She was very wound up... still turbo charged. Father gave a very beautiful homily. He quoted Stephen Hawkins "Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?" Such powerful words… I decided then and there that I needed to read more of Stephen Hawkins writings. After the service the Knights of Columbus served us a nice dinner. It was a comforting spending time with the people that knew Aunty.