The nice thing about winter is that it’s very quiet and peaceful. The rush of summer activities are put to rest. The pleasant prospect of enjoying what we worked for is sometimes carried out by a blazing fire in a fireplace or a spot by a window. This solace matches the season of the renewal of life, displayed in nature.

Hot chocolates, teas, roasted meats and the smell of fresh baked goods fill the home with pleasant times and quiet repose. Soft snowflakes fall lazily to the ground, turning the world into a beautiful winter wonderland. Happy sounds of children’s laughter and play. It’s time for sleds, snowmen, snowballs, skating and of course snow angels; a wonderful time of year.

Sometimes the earth looks dead and barren, cold and foreboding. But the promise of renewed life is in every plant and the animal kingdom as well. When the time is right, life will burst forth in newness and the trials of winter forgotten.

Bertina Eastman

Baker City