another severe winter storm tonight... wind tossed my car around on the highway heading home... Snow is projected to be 90% chance.. kinda impossible to avoid, I'd say.
There's a road warrior who'll be driving the plains the next few days... Someone I've adored for more than half a decade now... I'm grateful for his random Good Morning or whenever calls. I miss that shaggy bearded friend, who's a Texas truckin gentleman.
From GA, to AK... and so many places in between... there are men all over these states and across the globe, too, whom I love...
There are women who're empowered and strong... I'm proud to claim them as friends and sisters, too...
My tiny fake tree, dusted with white lights and sparse ornaments perches on my blanket chest in the living room, for all who enter, to see it... my huge nutcracker.. the one from a scene on here

and a tiny one stand tall beside it. A stuffed reindeer and a swaying pendulumed moose on skis play beneath the boughs...
This year is so much different for me... Changes to my life... mean more comfort and joy. They also will force my daughter to expand her rigid box of a comfort zone as more people come into our circle of family and friends. A baby niece for her... an aunt moved into town from Oklahoma... I'm eager to hug my ex's sister, whom I love... and so much more...
My word, so much positive in a winter storm...
The furnace is humming and taking the chill off my bedroom... I'm comfortable under thick blankets and enjoying the tiny twinkle lights I wrapped around my floor lamp...
Tonight is Winter Solstice... and in a few day's time we celebrate the prince of peace, the symbol of life renewed and of hope faith and love.
Feel my arms around each one of you tonight... a sweet kiss on your cheek, or wherever you think it's best placed.. ahem, within reason, now...
Love you dearly my friends...