[Magdalen] Safely home

[Lynn Ronkainen]

70 in/near Toronto???  It was in the 50s here today (*just* north of 
Houston) and promises to freeze  here tonight.... yikes! have to bring in 
large tropical patio plants and cover my three flowering beds with sheets!!

Lynn

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single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

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ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is 
leaning against the wrong wall.”

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 5:00 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Safely home

> Yes, but Grace, it's not winter yet, and anyway, it only got to about 59 
> up
> here.
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> OTOH, Jay, there are days like today that make up for several of the 
>> other
>> kind!
>> It's a balmy 70 here with sunshine and a light breeze.  Tomorrow promises
>> a "Gotcha!" with an Arctic onslaught...
>>
>> > On Nov 12, 2014, at 9:03 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > My problem with winter in Appalachia has been the gloom. In Wisconsin 
>> > it
>> > may have been cold but there were many bright, sunny days. Once I moved
>> > southeast, it seemed that much of winter was gray and cloudy (not to
>> > mention wet and drizzly). That definitely tends to make winter seem
>> longer!
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 8:45 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I am ashamed to think of how old I was when I finally realized
>> >> that snow wasn't white (usually) but held an infinity of colors.
>> >> -M
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wednesday, November 12, 2014, Louise Laughton <llaug at twcny.rr.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> "A certain slant of light on winter afternoons" as Emily Dickinson
>> noted?
>> >>> The long blue shadows that big confers cast on the snow in January?
>> >> Winter
>> >>> light can be beautiful beyond words in Central New York.
>> >>
>>