Good Morning, Don,
I was thrilled to hear
that you made it out of the snowy north before the next round of snow and cold.
I loved the picture of you in Mexico with your northern duds on. And that bus!
What a behemoth! Was it as comfortable as it looked? You said the air
conditioning rivaled the cold you’d just escaped.
I remember the total
disconnect I had between cold Colorado weather and warm Hawaiian weather in
December. People were running around in shorts and flip flops… and even though
I was sweating in my hoodie, knees socks and heavy shoes, I had trouble
adjusting my mind to warm in December!
We talked to our son in
China, just northwest of Hong Kong, last night (Skype) and they are
experiencing record cold – zero degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit. I
remember when they transferred from Bosnia last August and they said they were
giving away their heavy coats and most of their blankets. I wanted to say then
that maybe they should keep something. But they were so sure it would always be
warm. They bought a small heater and are now more comfortable.
I read that it is
suspected that as the Artic warms up, the jet stream will dip a bit more south
and that will cause winters in the northeast to be longer and colder. All that
fresh water we’re pumping into the environmental system has to go somewhere.
Don, did you know that a
rather large meteorite is going to pass by Earth tomorrow? I won’t be able to
see it, but NASA will live stream it. The United Nations is calling for a
global effort to get together and work out united efforts on how to deal with
meteorites. That should be interesting.
I agree with you, it is
amazing how fast things grow when they have constant sunlight and water. So how
long have you been going south for the winter? I’m just trying to figure out
how many feet a year the trees are growing. Do people mow lawns there? We
noticed in Hawaii that most lawns were a different type of grass that spread
out instead of getting tall.
I noticed you were on the
VW hunt again. I saw the VW turned truck. The VW would actually make a decent small
truck. I was sorry to hear that they are now coming out at night - didn't you say that night was the time for all good people to be tucked quietly into their own compounds?
I remember last year you
were devastated by people texting and talking on their phones while they were
walking the ruins. Did you see much of that this year? It doesn’t look like the
local reptile population will be joining the Wired Generation any time soon.
Just how big was that lizard you took a picture of? Without any references, he
looked big enough to rival the dragons!
I loved your description
of fashion conscious. I noticed a large number of young women wearing tights
and mirco thin thigh high stiletto leather boots early last week when our
temperatures blushed out of the single digits. They said their feet were cold
and they just didn’t understand! They had boots on!
I’ve been working on the
Wired Generation project. As I’ve read more and more about them, their
characteristics seemed familiar, like another generation I’d read about. With
the help of a librarian friend, I was able to track down a book I’d read years
ago called The Fourth Turning by Strauss and Howe. 
Their theory is that there
are 4 generation archetypes that have continually shown up in American History
since the 1600s – the hero, the artist, the prophet and the nomad. The
Millennials are very similar in attitude to the GI Generation of the 30s, 40s,
and 50s (the Hero archetype). Their theory is that Boomers are the Prophets and
Generation X is the Nomad. I’ll read more about it today. This concept definitely
opens up a new thought line about this generation.
Larry shared a link with
me that I think is a most excellent representation for this generation.
I confess that I have an
outstanding cold! Riddles are the last thing on my mind at this moment. All I
really want to do is crawl back into bed, so I’m going to not do riddles week.
I appreciate your entry, Don. But my mind is clogged up and your words aren’t
registering for me at all. Let your riddle ride to next week.
For those of you who haven’t
yet but are thinking about it… join the sowrite.us writing contest! And hurry up!
I’m a judge and I’ve been reading the entries and they are amazing! But we can
always use more entries! Besides! It is FREE!!
As to my own writing, for
those of you who are “older women” or know “older women”, check out my newnon-fiction book on estrogen and women. I learned a lot from the project and I’ve
included a large number of resources, some diet and exercise ideas. It is a
pre-primer to get women started on the rest of their healthy lives.
Have a great week
everyone!
Carolyn
Images downloaded from google images
Fig 1 – Everything you know about getting warm retrieved from www.huffingtonpost.com
Fig 2 – What causes jet streams retrieved from www.weatherquestions.com
Fig 3 – book cover retrieved from amazon.com
Fig 4 – Aug 11 retrieved from integralleadershipreviewed.com
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