Broom Day, 58th of Childwinter, 526 M.E. (Deneb): Crazy pants weather. I walked today, a 7.9-mile Jackson, comfortably dressed in light sweatpants and a long-sleeved t-shirt. Two days ago, I had to wear jeans and two layers of fleece, and four days ago, it was too cold to even go outside and walk.

The high temperature today was 66° F, but four days ago the high only reached 40° and the low was all the way down to 28°. There's still 15 more days left of Childwinter, but Spring keeps giving us these tantalizing little previews even as Hagwinter refuses to loosen her grip.

My life these days alternates between walking days, when I try to get in five to ten miles per hike, and sitting days, when I meditate for 90 minutes. Since there are biggest things going on in my life right now, I hyper-attuned to the weather.