Today at the Hoosier MAMA meeting, the host, a Methodist minister, a man I admire deeply, said he wanted to share a hymn that speaks of the winter. He said he was tired of it, etc. Here's what I thought he said, "a bleep midwinter." I thought it was funny, and then he clarified, "BLEAK midwinter!" Oh, I get it now! Anyway I thought the words were pretty cool:

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.

Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.

Enough for Him, whom cherubim, worship night and day,
Breastful of milk, and a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, whom angels fall before,
The ox and ass and camel which adore.

Angels and archangels may have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;
But His mother only, in her maiden bliss,
Worshipped the beloved with a kiss.

What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.

I went for a run mid-morning. It wasn't too bad at all. On the way back I ran past Penny's Pet Connection and saw this on their sign:

Corn and King Snakes: $39 - $49

I thought this might a good valentine gift idea for some.

I just got back from WalMart; bought supplies for Honduras. The WalMart greeter did not greet me when I went in. What does this mean? She was just sitting off to the side looking at a magazine, I think. When I left she was still sitting there, still not greeting.