Intense morning sunlight streams across the landscape. Fresh fallen snow blankets the ground, tree branches, and rooftops. Yesterday's ice sheathes each shrub and tree branch, sparkling as they move in the breeze. A black squirrel gingerly makes his way along a limb, knocking off the snow as he moves. I do not see him making the acrobatic leaps from one far flung branch to another. The brillaintly red cardinal sits amongst the snowy branch as if basking in the warmth of the sun. The sky is cloudless and azure blue. We hear the sounds of the snowplows doing their job, cleaning our driveways and walkways. This is the winter we have been awaiting. This is the winter we enjoy walking in, in and around the wetlands, along the banks of the lakes.
Over the recent past, Kathy and I have been Hold-up in our home, with brief and purposeful journeys out to stores, basket ball games, meetings (7 AM Ingham County Medical Society Legislative Committee meeting at the Kellogg Center), medical expert business with a case that has dragged on and on, and movies; great flick: Freedom Writers, a story of inner city educational success, very moving, addressing the real costs of success and significance. The movie illustrated to me the idea of how absolutely immersed one has to be in one's job to make a difference, to be significant. Balancing multiple life's roles made the job, just that, a job. Now to be a little "preachy", how committed are we to making a difference in our world? I guess I am coming off a series of MLK Day motivational speeches reported in the press.
The above reminds me to call the Care Free Clinic and if the medical liability insurance coverage for Kathy and myself has come through yet.
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