We got four inches of wet snow here at the ranch.  Finally daylight.  The power is out because of the weight of the snow breaking limbs and those falling on the power lines.  Just the kind of day that we delighted in as kids but now not quite as much.   We got the generator going and the gas stove is working.  The woodstove is cranked up and pumping out heat.  And there is wifi.  And look there is cable TV.

So, we are in good shape here at Raven Ranch and time to work on communicating with you.  I have half an hour before our Monday morning walk.  So, we made it through Super Bowl weekend pretty gracefully.  Time now to forge ahead through the last of the winter.   It won’t be that long before we feel the warmth of the sun starting to make a difference.

Ash Wednesday is March 1st this year which will be with us before we know it.  I wonder if we can rig up something special for the forty days of Lent.   If anyone has any brilliant ideas let me know.

Will be outside walking in the snow and will be looking for lion tracks.  It would be fun to show you some.   Cat tracks are round and the claws don’t show.   The tracks that I have seen up in the mountains were the size of a large orange.

There is such a strange parallel for me with this cat showing up here that we could meet any day and my cancer.   Both potentially deadly and here in place along my Camino.  Hmm.  Interesting living with this stuff .   Oh well, all in a day’s work.

Got to put on my boots and gloves and get out there.  The best to you.  Love, Felipe.