Good early morning GH.  It is just about 3:15 in the wee hours of the morning here in our fair city. Currently, the view out the Weather Window is, dark.  The temperature on the desktop is 25 degrees, and the wind is blowing at 19 MPH according to the National Weather Service.  Also, according to those fine folks, for as long as they get to keep their jobs, we are expecting that precipitation will be peaking at 100% by 6:00 AM, as winds continue to blow at about 19 - 20 MPH. Driving will be hazardous as the temperatures and other factors allow for 1 - 3 inches of snow/ice to fall.  Like I've said before, "Enough already!"

We were speaking to some of the long term locals the other day, and they noted that the ice fishing on most of the lakes is doing well, but there have been a few rescues as people get too adventurous.  Some of that is apparently due to the rapid changes in the temperatures, and the fact that windblown rain acts like sandpaper on ice, eroding it very rapidly to unsafe thinness.  But that is the new normal I guess. Our local paper noted that there have been a large number of spin-outs on local roads recently, as people needing to travel have encountered icy and and blinding conditions.

Mary and I finished our shared and never to be named non-fiction book (due to its title) yesterday. The author wrote this book about 6 - 7 years ago, but it is right on target. Amazing how the more things change etc.

Otherwise, I plan to do some playing of guitar today, finish my next non-fiction book, one that details the reality of WWII from the airman's perspective, and start another fiction novel that I picked up the other day at the library. I love having a library so close at hand, especially one that is so responsive to my requests for new and already in their collection/system.  This really is a great town.

I hope that everything went well for Adam and Steph over the last few days. Steph is into week three of her new job and Adam had some long days of meetings. While I sometimes miss being young and ambitious, I don't miss the days of long hours and long meetings.  Ah, the price we pay for success.  But, retirement is always out there somewhere in the future.

So, until more is in need of my commentary, I'll just await...Tea time, which will involve our new tea pot, and hopefully some less bitter tea. Mary and I discovered the other day that our previous teapot had become unusable due to accumulated "goo" in the bottom.  It made the tea taste bitter and thus the pot unusable. The new pot being glass, won't allow those nasty buildups to remain hidden. A dishwasher will eliminate them very quickly.  The old pot was 2- 3 years old, and maybe that is just how it is, a lifespan of 2 - 3 years.  Ciao.