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Where we are, and where we're from.

New things I have learned about California:

• People get excited when they think they'll have a "green Christmas".
• You know how they say the weather is ideal here?
  They understate it.
• They keep their snow in the hills and go visit it.
• There are roses and nasturtiums blooming at Thanksgiving.
• Every remaining VW beetle on the planet resides in California.
• Everything that goes wrong is attributable to El Nino.
• They eat lots of 'wraps' and 'smoothies' but can't make a good bagel.
• It is important to attach even your fishtank to the wall with strong
  straps in anticipation of the next earthquake.

I still think a lot about our former home in New York, though. We used to live on a couple acres with a stream and woods and deer, right here...

although during winter it's nice to remember that it might be snowing there.

Things I miss about New York:

• Good bagels.
• TKTS.
• The gorgeous autumn colors.
• The privacy in our former house, and sharing it with our
  wonderful friends and neighbors.
• The Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Northern Westchester.
• Hackley School.

On our way west from New York this summer, we visited some National Parks in Utah. We were awed by Bryce Canyon: check it out for yourself on the Bryce Canyon page of the National Park Service web pages if you haven't been there in person.

All in all, we'd rather be in California... at least during winter. :-)

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