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Today was a cooking day. I tried to make a lot of food that I could pack for lunches throughout the week. I made a curried quinoa with roasted chick peas, artichoke hearts and broccoli. Then I roasted purple and red potatoes in the oven and made a coconut curry sauce to put over them. For dessert I made Swedish chocolate balls. Thanks to a recipe my friend in Australia sent to me. They are a sort of no bake cookie that you roll in coconut. Delicious!

This song is always in my head. Not sure why. I go to sleep at night with it rolling around and I wake up in the morning humming it. There’s always a tune in my head, but this is the one that pops up most often. What song is in your head?

Tonight’s the night when the waters rise
You’re groping in the dark
The ticket takers count the men who can afford the arc
The ticket takers will not board
For the ticket takers are tied
For five and change an hour
They will count the passers by

They say the sky’s the limit
But the sky’s about to fall
Down come all them record books cradle and all
They say before he bit it
That the boxer felt no pain
But somewhere there’s a gamblin’ man
With a ticket in the rain

Mary Anne, I know I’m a long shot
But Mary Anne, what else have you got
I am a ticket taker, many tickets have I torn
And I will be your arc, we will float above the storm

Many years have passed in this river town
I’ve sailed through many traps
I keep a stock of weapons should society collapse
I keep a stock of ammo
One of oil and one of gold
I keep a place for Mary Anne
Soon she will come home
~ The Low Anthem

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Ohio.
Drove out there last weekend to visit a good friend. We had a very relaxing time reading, cooking, watching movies and just hangin out.

Last night it started to snow. Huge beautiful flakes. It was like being inside a snow globe. Or walking through Narnia. It was lovely.

When I woke up this morning it was a silent sunny winter wonderland. I grabbed my camera quick before Jenny picked me up
for our trip to Ohio and captured a few pictures.

They don’t do it justice, but you at least get an idea of how beautiful it was!

I left Louisiana on the rail line, oo oo
I left Louisiana on the rail line, oo oo
I was trying to get to Ohio
Trying to get to Ohio

Lost my love before her time, oo oo
Lost my love before her time, oo oo
On the way to Ohio On the way to Ohio

Now every new love is just a shadow, oo oo
Every new love is just a shadow, oo oo

‘Cause once you’ve known love you don’t know how to find love, oo oo
Yeah once you’ve found love you don’t know how to find new love
All the way to Ohio All the way to Ohio

Heard her voice come through the pines in Ohio
I heard her voice singing in the pines in Ohio

She sang bless your soul you crossed that line to Ohio
Bless your soul you crossed that line oo oo
All the way to Ohio
All the way to Ohio
The Low Anthem 

I’m leaving in the morning to go to Ohio to visit my good friend Allie. We have been friends since around sixth grade and I love that we still get together once in a while. She used to live at Moody Bible Institute and I loved going to visit her in Chicago. Now she is married to a great guy, Joel, and they moved to Ohio. Her sister Jenny and I are headed out tomorrow. First stop Chic-Fil-A! So excited for a really fun weekend and some restful time away. We’re on our way Al! 

p.s. why would anyone write a song about ohio??

I’ve decided I love maps and anything involving them. I made this ‘G’ today. It is a cardboard 3D letter painted blue and has a map of boston on the front. Can’t wait to make some more!