the E-vil

Ok, the evil is coming down again, and, worse, some wil be ICE as the day goes on, so the power may go out, and our furnace DIED last night so we're freezing in here and no one can get out to fix it and we're wearing coats and hats and gloves INSIDE . . . the relentlessness of it all. I'm sure it's worse in Haiti and Oklahoma and Somalia and all that, but, hell, we're COLD in our own house, so NO FUN, NO FUN, and if I sound demented, I am, because that's what COLD does to me, just not in my chromosomes, and, oh yeah, I have in my shoes the little heating packets hunters were when they're out in the woods killing animals in the winter -- they work great. Reminds me of when I'd come in as a little kid, having fallen in the street, and I'd whine, "Mom, my arm hurts," and she'd say, "You should be thankful you have an arm that hurts. Look at little Dickie down the street -- he doesn't have any arms." Ah, the logic still perplexes me. But, thanks, Mom.

ice

Ok, now we may get half and inch of ice on top of all the white mess that's been around since before Christmas. This is just mind-boggling for me. I thought Virginia was southern. Robert E. Lee and all that. If you were born in the REAL south, the Deep south, as I was, this sort of weather seems an abomination. If we get the ice, expect power outages, and the four of us here, plus the animals, will be squatting in the back room near the gas stove, which doesn't require electricity. The heavy snow has already taken out the gutter pipes at the highest part of my roof. How much will that cost. I just can't see anything good about this kind of weather at all, except maybe for skiers. Who needs it? Makes everything difficult, causes auto accidents, people slipping and breaking bones, heavy coats, being cold and cabin feverish . . . no, give me Barbados. I'll take my chances with hurricanes any day over freaky ICE. Remember Frost? "Ice is also great and will suffice." Something like that. I've gotta get back to this blog. It looks different now; they've changed the design or something. One day I hope to get to the real purpose of it, but have been short of time, as usual. Anyway, out today to do classes and secure supplies for the coming horror. I pray it just goes somewhere else, though that would be rough for the folks in somewhere else. Maybe it could just disappear altogether, shoot up in outer space. I'll try to be back soon.