Prvi sneg!

It's been snowing for 2 days now - so beautiful in the morning, the fresh cover of white over everything. We've gotten a good couple inches, although once I get on the street the gray slush becomes less appealing as the day wears on. Also sidewalks don't seem to get cleaned off here, the streets barely scraped as well, so it's treacherous walking. Oddly enough the paths in the park I cut through to get to my Saturday classes were perfectly clean with plows in view and everything. Also saw a cute little kid and his parents playing; they were some sort of Asian and it appeared to be his first snow, lots of pictures happening. Shaking the trees to make more fall, snowballs and laughter - brilliant.

The weather gives me then the perfect excuse to make banana bread and soup, not go out any more today but read instead. I've made a new American friend, Kate, who's Mennonite and doing volunteer work here for a year. She has friends who went to Earlham and we know at least one person in common - the world is way too small sometimes. But then again I never know who I'll meet when I do something like go to Urus's book group to talk about Poe. It was nice to just chat over tea and be all warm in the kitchen together.

Excited about Thanksgiving (although I need to find a pie plate) and my upcoming trip back home. But for now I think hot chocolate and a good book are in order; encourage you to do the same. Snow's good for this kinda thing.