Sunday Morning, Minus Two

...snowing and blowing like a sonofagun. Lost the nearest neighbor's house a couple times during breakfast. I can't hazard a guess of how much snow fell overnight, there's so much wind going on; nor is it precisely clear how much of the snow in the air is snowfall as opposed to wind-whip.

Pretty, though.

Called the parental units, down there to the south. Both sets report the snow has stopped; my father complained of the cold -- 11F/-11C -- and was enjoying his fourth cup of coffee while he waited for my step-mother's grandson to come down from Hampstead and dig them out.

Me, I'm going to curl up on the couch with Sabu and Mozart (already at his station on the pillow), tuck the african 'round my feet, and get some writing done.

In Which We Demonstrate Positive Fahrenheit

One degree F (-17C) outside. I think I saw 3F/-16C in the middle of the afternoon. The wind's down somewhat, though we're still getting some house-shakers; and the snow stopped sometime around noon.

Hot biscuits and refrigerator soup for lunch (broccoli, baked beans, potatoes, meatless balls, turkey gravy, corn, carrots, onions, chicken broth, a handful of noodles, garlic, Italian seasoning, bay leaves -- I like making soup). The soup turned out a little thick -- more a stew, really -- with a pleasant, aren't-you-glad-you're-inside-where's-it's-warm flavor -- and there's enough left over for another cold day in the not-too-distant future.

Sometime in and around all the excitement of making soup, I went through yesterday's scene, then Sabu, Mozart and I laid down the rough of today's chapter. After lunch, I transferred the file to the desktop and tidied it up while Mo slept the african into submission.

Tomorrow, early -- and I do mean early -- we're for Skowhegan and back-to-back appointments with the eye doctor. Gotta remember to ask Gerry about bifocal contact lenses, speaking of counterintuitive technology.

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