It snowed about an inch last night; much of it has already melted away ... it's fairly warm out. Still, the dawn will be hard to see with more snow coming down, so we'll see what the day brings.
Saturday night we took in the Cortez Parade of Lights ... LOTS of people stood for a long time in the cold evening to watch about four blocks of floats go by. My favorite, of course, was the Habitat 4 Humanity float, which SWOS students helped with. There were SWOS students on and around the float and it was a joy to hear bystanders yelling support for SWOS as the float went by.
Before the parade was completely over, we dashed back to Mancos to take in a chamber of commerce event at the community center, which was ... interesting.
After meeting for worship yesterday, we had meeting for worship for business, which went on for several hours. We did approve a quick creation of food boxes to meet a swelling need in the Durango area ... another task at an already busy time, but Sandy has suggested a way to simplify the process, so we should be able to help 15 extra families by the end of the month.
Then, later than anticipate, Sandy took me to see "Australia" as a birthday gift. It's a big, long movie, but we really enjoyed it! The photography was, at many times, stunning ... it should be an Oscar nominee for cinematography! A reminder, too, that right after Pearl Harbor was attacked, the Japanese attacked Darwin, Australia.
On the political scene, I'm so glad to see retired General Eric Shinseki nominated to head Veterans Affairs! He's a man of integrity who spoke the truth about post-invasion forces needed in Iraq and he got shunted into retirement for his courage. Now I'd like to see Major General Antonio Taguba, who called Abu Ghraib as he saw it and also got sent away for his honesty, have his reputation restored. tv
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