The temperature plunged this afternoon to well below zero – and there was a chilling wind. The donkeys didn’t need to be called into the barn, which is cold but shielded from the wind and snow. They came scooting down from the Pole Barn, where they had finally walked in Maria’s snowshoe steps. But the snow will be hard again tomorrow.

Got some health care this morning. Meditated, then saw a message therapist and talked with a spiritual counselor, and then bought ingredients for my new daily vegetable shake – celery, carrots, beets, spinach, an apple, grapes. Talk about wellness (I hate the word, along with “journey.”)