Eyes on the Powder

Thanks to taking a much needed break and family time on the pistes, I am brought back to center. I remember now the importance of looking for the snow between the trees rather than focusing on the trees obstructing my path. I look for the laughter behind the teasing. My most precious gift is the time to disconnect from all things electronic that have reached the invasive. The world will not stop if we are offline. We have promised to do so for one week entirely.

Warm holiday wishes to all. We will be thinking of you and hoping you all find some quiet time for yourself and those you love this season.

Shake it up! Earthquake in Malmö...

Remember those old hotel beds that you could put a coin in the box and they would shake for several minutes? This morning I woke to what I thought was a dream flashing back to a road trip in the 80s across the Western USA with my family. Instead I discovered that we were experiencing a 4.7 earthquake in Skåne. It lasted for about five minutes and no damage done (save a glass breaking that we still have not discovered the source of, but it could have been outside).

Björn ran down to see what was happening. Since living in an area still in development, he thought the root was construction vehicles gone awry. He popped his head out the front door to find all the neighborhood men doing the same thing (seems to be an unwritten "man's job". Our neighborhood geologist, Lawrence, looked out and said, that was an earthquake. This was much too the comfort of Pelle who thought the roof he added might be caving in due to structural failure on his part.

All this to say we are fine and well. No aftershocks yet. Certainly an interesting way to start the morning at 5am.

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