January 2026

Footprints in the soft, powdery snow on my back deck. The snow continues to fall.

Last week, I posted about a visit to Hollywood, Florida. Yesterday, I finally got the ice cleared from my driveway. This morning, it’s snowing with great enthusiasm – and with some powerful winds on occasion. As forecast, it’s a dry snow. I grabbed a handful during my brief step outside and it doesn’t hold together.

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I grew up in Hollywood, Florida, a city about halfway between Miami and Fort Lauderdale on Florida’s east coast. Its best feature was – and is – its beach. Unlike so much of the state’s coast, it’s not a “Condo Canyon,” lined by hi-rises. Instead, most of the buildings are smaller, 1- to 3-story homes…

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My friend Salem and I drove to South Carolina to watch the monks walk by. It was a sunny, not-too cold January day, a perfect setting for our adventure. Why monks? A group of Buddist monks are walking from Texas to Washington DC. Called the “Walk for Peace,” the event began in Fort Worth on…

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