Don't worry, be happy

You know, there is a definite advantage to sticking your head in a well dug hole-in-the-snow.  You don't have to think about Kosovo sovereignty, the presidential nominees, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan,  traffic jams in the Puget Sound region, much less my own neighborhood, the credit melt-down, steroids in Major League Baseball, what ever happened to the Husky basketball  team, how the pollution in China will impact the 2008 Summer Olympics, and of course, the recall of beef...among many other issues.

Perhaps it is a tribute to actually being able to relax when we get away, but coming home and seeing the headlines makes Murphy and me blanche.  We would rather be hiking up the Bridge Creek watershed, amazed at the number of small avalanches.  Or staring at the cougar prints in the field. Now, those are issues!

But then, we spend a day at home, acclimatizing to "the real world."  Our sleeves are rolled up, we're ready to get to work.  Lingering in the back of our minds, homesteading in our hearts, are the memories.   Especially laughing at Sage, the Queen of Digging in Snow.

Maybe next weekend we'll be back out in the snow, avoiding all the headlines.

Murphy's day.