3 Things

The Revenant. A revenge story set on the Montana frontier, where the rawest brutality and grand, austere beauty are married by the power vested in Alejandro Iñárritu's camera lens. Nature is savage, and humans are no more than animals, after all. The movie is 2.5 hours long. I wouldn't write about it if it weren't worth the hassle. It is. And all them Golden Globes last night just prove it.

The best cruiser-board ring. Acquired for Christmas via the bargain basement of MapleXO, who doesn't really make rings like this anymore, which is just another reason why I like it so much.

Last week's snow storm. A not-necessarily-predicted snowstorm hit while Portland slept last Saturday night, and we all awoke Sunday morning to a city of zero snowplows under 3 inches of fresh. Calamity! It was the day after the day after New Year's Day, also known as the day you chuck your Christmas tree, and the boys of the Cub Scout tree-recycling program sipped cider on tailgates in the park as people from all over the neighborhood dragged their formerly festive spruces by hand through the empty white streets.

Side note: I like the way my house looks with the powder—cute and kinda old timey.