Don’t spread that pig virus!
    Some cold, you. And white, too, here on the shore where my snow shovel never left the garage for two years running. Not so this winter. The skis came out too, briefly. While no one likes having to travel in this weather we have had two or three storms that left the world outstandingly beautiful. But oh how the furnace is gobbling wood!

Kicking the inuksuk
    There is a heavy wet snow falling tonight, pulling down trees and the power along with them. We’ve candles and a kerosene lamp and LED flashlights of various configurations to keep us going. My only concern is for the bread rising and ready to bake in a gas oven that is electrically lit and controlled. I could fire the wood range but it would be a week or two before I had the oven up to a temperature to melt a snowball.