Family Portrait

Boy Wonder: I wonder what Jesus would think of all the technology we have today.

Me: Oh, Jesus would have a blog!

IZ: (rolls his eyes)

I’m living vicariously and I’m not afraid to bribe the boy with cupcakes for his appearance here.

It’s only a matter of time before Spring breaks through. Sixteen days to be exact. But, who’s counting?

if i told you things i did before
told you how i used to be
would you go along with someone like me

if you knew my story word for word
had all of my history
would you go along with someone like me

i did before and had my share
it didn’t lead nowhere
i would go along with someone like you
it doesn’t matter what you did
who you were hanging with
we could stick around and see this night through

usually when things have gone this far
people tend to disappear
no one will surprise me unless you do

i can tell there’s something goin’ on
hours seem to disappear
everyone is leaving i’m still with you

it doesn’t matter what we do
where we are going too
we can stick around and see this night through

and we don’t care about the young folks
talkin’ ’bout the young style
and we don’t care about the old folks
talkin’ ’bout the old style too
and we don’t care about our own folks,
talkin’ ’bout our own style
all we care ’bout is talking
talking only me and you

Peter, Bjorn and John featuring Victoria Bergsman

These photos do nothing to capture the devastation our little town has encountered. I opted to not go out just after the storm ended–as a safety precaution, and also because I just couldn’t bring myself to look through a camera lens just yet. In retrospect, I wish I’d braved the last bit of the wind to give you some idea of how treacherous this storm was. As you can see from the photos… 4 days in, we are already at work restoring our property and cleaning up the mess.

Normalcy is a long way off still.

Yes, those would be blue skies.