Where Am I?
(blog by Kim) When Stan and I left Cuba about a week ago, we thought we were headed for Fairview, North Carolina, via Toronto. However, I think something happened in transit, and powers from a galaxy far, far away transported us to the Ice World of Hoth. At least that’s what it felt like after having been in temperatures in the 80’s in Cuba. I have felt the cold in my bones as well as a bit isolated with this most recent winter storm. There were moments when I didn’t even want to open the door, even to get things from our porch (which was serving as our refrigerator), and I remembered what Han Solo said, “There isn’t enough life on this ice cube to fill a space cruiser.” With several layers of clothes we have managed to brave the outdoors and enjoy the beauty of the snow and find (mostly from tracks and bird songs) that there are several life forms here: rabbits, deer, turkeys, raccoons, hawks, woodpeckers and other birds, neighbors and their dogs and ...