PORCH PONDERINGS

Zoomed Out

It's been an interesting week so far. I've suffered sat through four Zoom meetings so far. There are two more coming. Gees Louise. As much as we are grateful for technology, I sure would much rather be in a real meeting with real people, not faces on a screen.

We got some snow, it's still lingering. We may get some more tonight, or tomorrow, or next week, or next year. Does anyone really know the weather? I look at my barometer. If it dives below 29.00, and then the wind gets to blowing, I know there is a storm coming.

So I'm gearing up for Thanksgiving this year. We're going to Big Timber, about a 2 hour drive from here. They have an old hotel with a restaurant there, The Grand. Every year, except for a few, they put on a big Thanksgiving buffet. Oh my, what wonderful food. We get a room for a few nights. Have a nice meal I don't have to cook. Perhaps we'll hike a bit in the mountains around there. It depends on hubby's knee. He had surgery about a month ago.

And it depends on the wind. They sometimes can get wind gusts up to 70 MPH. I know someone in church who grew up there. He remembers winds of 100 MPH.

So we'll enjoy the food and peace. And the rattling windows in the old hotel.