My little corner of the woods in Southern Oregon got a few inches of snow before Christmas! Is it global warming wacky? I don’t think so… but it sure is pretty. I’ve had to shovel my driveway three times this week, which probably burned off a Christmas cookie or two. This is a typical-looking snowstorm for us, though. Always with a bit of green ornamental grass showing through. Today it’s 50° so it’s almost gone.
With all the disconcerting news of the outside word, I want to tell you that at my part-time workplace, the Southern Oregon Humane Society, where I’m getting to upgrade my rather weak web-building and newly acquired eNewsletter skills, things have been hopping. I’ll pause here to briefly toot my horn: the most recent Champion newsletter, which I edit and put together myself these days, turns out to be the second highest grossing in terms of contributions sent in after reading, ever. I mean, we’re talking over $17,000 so far… toot! But the really important thing is how people continue to give, in spite of the Great Recession of ’08. Even children, whose parents bring them in with jars filled with coins they’ve been collecting all year from painted rock and lemonade sales, to give to the Humane Society. And adoptions have been going through the roof! So, I guess it’s a good thing to keep counting those blessings wherever they show up.
A year ago I never thought I’d been working with a non-profit animal orphanage, and yes, that’s exactly what it is. You would be amazed at how happy everyone feels when an adult animal who’s been there for a year is finally adopted into a loving home. There I go again, getting all verklempt. At least I feel like I’m part of a solution, even in it’s tiniest measure.
Welcome to the new solstice and the return of the light!
