After spending four days with my sister in her new desert home before flying to Japan,
here are some of the thoughts that struck me. I started writing this article in the airport after she dropped me off at in the A.M... and it has just taken me a while to finish it.
1. I miss my sister so much! What I think I missed the most is how different we are - how well we contrast and compliment one another.
2. A goobery dog and a fluffy, moose-feather cat makes her home a wonderful, happening place.
3. I am so delighted that my flight plans were delayed because it let me spend more time with my strong, funny, beautiful sister. God always knows what He is doing.
4. Despite the tiny size of her town, there is a surprising quantity and variety of good food.
5. Most shocking of all, I discovered that hiking can be fun with beautiful scenery and cool weather and an companion along for the adventure... so long as we go at a walking pace without a backpack. The above picture is my sister, Bonnie, pointing to the Chynna rock - so called by a friend who wanted a rock to call her own.
On one of our hikes we discovered an cactus. Actually, we found a lot of cacti.This particular purple prickly pear cactus seemed not to have thorns... but it lied to us. Now we call it the 嘘つき (uu-so-tski) cactus (liar) because it is full of lies. One is pictured below.
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