During the weekend, Jesse and I found this park on one of the lakes near us. Since it was "cold" not many people were there, but there were some hard- core folks out walking and fishing. Apparently, they also have paddleboats at this park! I told one of my friends in Boston about it, and he said that I might make paddleboat friends! That sounds so wonderful that I wanted to share it. Making and deserving paddleboat friends will be a good aspiration.


We have been going on a lot of hikes recently, since there are great places to go here. I am renewing my love of the outdoors. Also, we usually see at least one other couple wearing some red sox or new england type garb. One of these times, I am going to let out the little "hi" inside. People say "Hi" here a lot. It's nice getting to walk outside -- makes up for the fact that, here, you can't walk anywhere as a part of your routine. You can't fight it. You need a car. It's a strange place that has good and bad differences from Boston. There are fee-less ATMs all over the place, but they are drive- ups.


More of the lovely lake park. It is so sunny here. I forgot how sunny it could be in the winter -- must be a fault of mine!


This is in our neighborhood. There's a little creek, and it goes through our backyard! Now, when I see creeks nearby, I wonder if our creek is part of what I see.

This is a great example of what you see here. I drove through, and Shamrock golf course is quite fancy, all the grass is a deep shade of green, even in the winter. And right next door, someone else is sellin' worms!

I miss my friends up north terribly. I have my identity partly because of you wonderful people, and it's because of what I've learned from you and seen of you in the past couple of years, that I'm able to let go of badness and be happy right now. I want to be a better friend and show you how wonderful I think you all are. Things are getting better each day as we all grow into even better versions of ourselves. I want to see that happening with all of you, and be able to share my own silly stories with you. Thank you for being the people that you are -- I am so enlivened and enriched to know you. I feel this way all the time.

with love,
cc

gotta go sell some worms.