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Starry Starry Night

Submitted entry: That was the very first thing that struck me about this place when we got here was the stars. It was a cold March morning at about 2:00 a.m. when we arrived. The car stopped after what seemed to be an interminable ride up back roads from town. I got out and looked up to see more stars than I had ever seen in my life. There aren’t this many visible stars in the northeast I don’t think. Even in rural Vermont I don’t recall seeing so many. That and the milky way which stretched across the sky. The night was very cold so visibility was particularly good. I looked up and was so struck by what I saw that I nearly fell over and would have had Crow not caught me before doing so. It’s that kind of sky outside tonight. The moon isn’t up yet and the stars are simply brilliant.

It looks like we have another cat. With increasing frequency an all-white cat with blue eyes and no tail has been visiting the yurt. Usually he’d go away before the night was over. Recently, though he has been staying longer and longer. We called all the neighbors and found out who had him and brought the cat back to his house. Within minutes he was back and hasn’t left since. It’s been almost a week. I think we’re going to have to talk to his owner and see what to do. The cat supposedly roams wild from house to house but now he has stopped. If we do keep him he needs to be neutered (we’ll have to ask the owner before doing that I guess) and we’re already deworming him. He’s got a lovely temperament - very friendly and cuddly. He is also the only pacifist cat we’ve met. Our cats hiss and growl at him and he just pays them no mind.

We had a lovely Christmas here - we exchanged gifts at the yurt on Christmas eve afternoon then had Christmas dinner on Christmas afternoon. Dinner was really wonderful and since we ate at around 4:00 we had a long time before Paul had to go to bed during which we could socialize with everyone. We had a ball! It was the kind of gathering that I always wished I’d had with our family. Family gatherings were different, though - mostly it started okay but degenerated into talking about whomever was not there and possibly degenerating into arguments after that.

Sage and I have been working together on web development projects a lot lately. We really work well together if I may say so myself. She’s a great teacher and we fit together in such a way that I like to do things she doesn’t and vice versa. So she does lots of the graphics work and I do things like site promotion and renovation.

That’s about all for now - we’re off to a sort of playgroup/parent gathering tomorrow. Tonight I’m going to wake Sage up (yeah, I’m cooking while she sleeps again!) and feed her red beans and rice (without the rice - I forgot to refill our rice container at the house and I’m too tired to go back).

Instant Black Bean Salsa Cous-Cous

Cough cough, choke choke.