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Saturday, October 8, 2011.  

This is the first snow of the season. There's rain in it so it's heavy and very wet. Many of the trees are bent way over with the weight. After coffee I'll go out and shake them.

Quiet. In our particular home, there is only me right now. It is Saturday so there are no loud school busses or garbage trucks. A rare car.

I can hear the fan for the heating system. Background and constant, calming.

Even on a regular weekday, with all the usual sounds, snow mutes the loudness. 

One winter night I bundled up to walk in the falling snow. Other than my own breathing, all I could hear was that gentle, settling sound of snow lightly touching the ground.  Hypnotic. Almost otherworldly. 

I'm grateful.

Often there is too much noise for me...some outside, more inside. My mind can be louder than the world, and that's saying something!

Quietness gives me space. Spaciousness. I love that word and how it whispers to my body and spirit to open up, expand, relax. There is plenty of room.

I'm letting my mind rest. My body is settling in. I'm breathing and listening to the silent snow.

PS... It got even quieter when the electricity went off for an hour!