first full day in woodstock

6:45am - wake up - first miracle for those of you who know me. find it's 27 degrees (-3 celcius) outside
7:00am - sipping coffee that i made - second miracle - and reading psalms 115. feels good, this moment.
7:30am - outside to take a closer look at the ice my Creator delicately placed on every blade of grass and needle of pine. it's a wonderland.
10:00am - a mid-aged woman named Penny introduces herself as she asks for help on the computer in our apartment's "cyber cafe".



10:05am - finding out that Penny and her 35 year-old, single daughter live right above me...trading info...hoping to be in insider!
1:00pm - see my first "beggar" on the street. a well dressed man with a state of the art prothestic leg, standing near his new dual-cab truck, holding a sign that says, "help those with no health insurance. please donate". okay, i respect the intentions, really, but the reality of the world i'm in (and the one i call home in belo) hits hard.
2:00pm - drive around to take in the many colors of the leaves before they all fall off to welcome the true winter