This morning was exceptionally cold. Certainly we have had temperatures in the 20s (Fahrenheit) here before but it felt very cold because the previous few days were quite warm. Washington, DC has always been a very capricious place when it comes to weather. Because it is in between the tropical and the arctic regions, we alternate between cold, windy weather and warm, wet weather depending on where the air is coming from. Now with the disruption of the climate due to our activities the fluctuations have become even larger.
I was walking to the Takoma metro station in order to take the train to a Friends Meeting in Bethesda. I have long been an admirer of the Quakers. Nicole went to a Friends school in Philadelphia. Richard Brady, of Quaker background and a teacher at the Sidwell Friends School for a long time, founded the Washington Mindfulness Community. I love the work Quakers do to promote peace and prevent war.
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