More Gray, Little Snow

7:04

Hiking with the Bissells

Up early, 6:00, to a crack of light off to the east; now, at 7:00, the sky and lake are both heavy with gray, though the lake has pockets of white, as patches of snow dot its surface.  About 35 degrees, the forecast was for a couple on inches of snow, more to come, but it's been mostly rain or sleet, as the yard has just a dusting of wet snow.  It does look threatening but it's too warm to snow, at least this early.

Yesterday, we got back to our routine, Evie working out at the YMCA, and I went to Yoga where the last week of the month, we emphasize restorative yoga.  Basically, we worked on three positions, two lying on one's back, with various pillows for back, legs or head, and one in the child pose, lying forward on a pillow, knees bent sitting on the buttocks.  We held each pose for about 20 minutes, with slight variations, like turning your head to the other side on the child's pose.  The key is to relax, fall into the pose, empty your mind of thinking, and just be.  What, I am not sure.  Our instructor was good about making sure we were doing each pose correctly and emphasized that we should change positions if it began to bother us. Today I was the only male in the company of about 12 women, of all ages.  We are supposed to feel reenergized by these poses.  I am not sure how I felt though it was an easy session.

I went off to Mayville shopping in the afternoon, finished the lastest Grisham book, THE LITIGATORS, and started Geraldine Brooks CALEB'S CROSSING.  Grisham's book was fluff but I had been unable to find something I liked, so at least it kept me going.  For dinner, we had left over lamb couscous, courtesy of the Mc Clure's, watched another episode of Smash (it's becoming very predictable, a grown up version of Glee), and then watched the first half of the Knicks and Heat game.  I was curious to see both Lebron and Jeremy Lin play.  In this instance, Lebron dominated and Lin looked like a rookie, struggling to make it in the big time.  It was the most I've watched of an NBA game this year.  Lebron is a monster, so strong, fast, and competitive and fun to watch, no doubt.