There are two things I've been talking about the last few days and one of them is the weather. A massive storm is currently dumping snow on us and it's likely we'll get between one and two feet by tomorrow. And it has been cold. So cold. The coldest winter in years. We dropped below freezing back in early November and have only come up for air a few times since. One just has to yield to it, winter is a state given to us by the nature of the earth and there is no need to fight it. It does take forever, though, getting dressed to go for a walk. Merino blend long underwear. Multiple socks that have to be put on in the right order, tops of varying neck lines, lined hat with earflaps, hoodie up over the hat. Etc. Yesterday morning started off at 0F / -18 C but it was sunny and calm, so I got out there and enjoyed myself.
It's the wind and the ice that will kill you.
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| This is what I looked like on Friday after half an hour standing in a brutal windchill on the side of the road holding an anti-ice sign. I had to wait until I got back into the car to take a photo because it was too cold to unzip my coat and get my phone out when I was outside. That's Michael's University of Minnesota hat that I borrowed for the occasion. He bought it when we were dropping Ella off in Minneapolis for college. Solidarity. |
Ha! You thought I might go a week without mentioning the only other thing I can really think about right now? Fat chance. I don't have a lot of smart things to say, since I'm not an analyst, I'm not an expert. But I am hearing from my exhausted and devastated Minnesota friends whose lives have been turned upside down trying to help their neighbors. So fuck ice, fuck every liar who is covering for them, and I hope we get through this.
Oooh, the first slow plow of the day just went by, so I might layer up and go out for the first shovel session of the day.
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