"Breath is really important for us. It's the kind of original movement for any puppet for us on stage. It's the thing that distinguishes the puppet.... An actor struggles to die on stage, but a puppet has to struggle to live." Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones
From an On Being interview:
"The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose of prayer is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song and men cannot live without a song." Rabbi Heschel
Knitting and listening and thinking. And watching for snow...
I went out in some very cold rain to clean the chicken coop. They were all hiding inside until I put some fresh straw out and pulled the plastic cover back up over the top of the chicken run. Eggs are precious right now. They are not in season.
A good use of one egg. From HomeMade Winter (Yvette Van Boven)...Sticky Chocolate Cake. If you try it it's important to not over bake. This one is topped with a bit of a glaze made with honey and cocoa powder.
3:38 PM 37 degrees, wind N 7 MPH, Visibility 2 miles, Fog.
Sunrise 7:51 AM Sunset 4:41