Not From Around Here

Here is the retreat center where I spent a few days this week my new colleagues. The snow started falling the first night, and fell until the third day. I suggested during a business meeting that if we were having a conflict with our fall date, we might move the retreat to January or February. A good hearted colleague who had beat me in shuffle board the night before started her response "You're not from around here, so you wouldn't know..." as she explained that folks tried to avoid traveling across the state during the winter months.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a long way from home.