Day 1412: Wind storm

Forty to fifty mile per hour winds are rattling the house and shaking the trees.  Film of the lakeshore is wild with waves crashing ten feet in the air.  The cable is out, but not the power yet.  It's a good night to stay inside and read!

I took these shots of the backyard early this morning before the storm rolled in.  There are no leaves left on the maples, but the oak is holding on to crinkled brown leaves and the willows are still green.  We were able to walk over three miles this morning as a cool mist of rain and tumbling dark clouds closed in from the southwest.  By lunchtime, it was fierce. 

I finished the Trials along the Trail chapter in just about two hours!  Hooray! That means twelve chapters down with eleven to go!  Tomorrow, I'm going to tackle the leadership chapter.  I don't expect the editing on that one to go as fast because I have been rethinking some of the content.  It's not just about verb, punctuation and word choice checks.

We met with Fredonia's eighth graders today after school. It was a good turn out, around 55 kids.  Only four of our student leaders showed up, the same ones who came to the classes.  Well, we know who our reliable leaders are!  On Monday, we travel to Silver Creek.  Unfortunately, only interested students will come, not everyone.  I think that's a mistake, but it's not our call.   Next Friday we're speaking to all the Brocton 8th graders for a whole hour.   That's very encouraging.