[Sca-cooks] Lenten ideas for non Christians...

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 11:35 PM 2/18/2006, you wrote:
You mean you are not enjoying Portland's current low temps?

>>>Simon Sinneghe
>>
>>A-nope. Sweater over the turtleneck, shawl over the sweater. Sipping tea 
>>all day (till my back teeth float!) and spending the evening in front of 
>>the fireplace with a kitty and a book. Seems idyllic, yes? Not when I 
>>have other things to do! It's not so much the temp as it is the wind 
>>chill, or so they say. Dunno- I finally got the broken part on my ski 
>>machine fixed, but it's in the basement, which is like a crypt right now. 
>>How many calories are burned off by chattering teeth?  =:-O
>>
>>'Lainie
>
>I have fond memories of the wind coming down the Gorge after originating 
>somewhere in the vicinity of the Great Slave Lake.  Southern Oregon is so 
>much more tolerable at times.
>
>Simon

The worst of it is coming from the Gorge, but I talked to #1 daughter 
earlier this evening, and she said that Seattle is @#$%^& cold too. Her 
kitty has taken up residence on top of the radiator.

You however are in the prime little notch there- past the southern end of 
the Willamette Valley, but not yet into the Rogue Valley. My sweetie gets 
the fun weather in Ashland- especially fun because he gets to supervise 
middle schoolers on the playground. Particularly festive when it snows. ;-)

'Lainie
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