Yes, Virginia. There Is A North Pole and The Next Few Days Will Prove It.

Winter                                                                 Seed Catalog Moon

OK.  It’s gonna be cold.  I get it.  The weather folks and the news folks, even me, have been breathlessly anticipating this onrushing arctic air.  We do live here.  This is a state which borders Canada and has no mountains to break the winds from the north pole.  It’s gonna be cold.

Not always, not with global warming, but at times it is going to get chilly.  This is one of those times.  It feels oversold to me, too much huffing and puffing.  Yes, it’s important that every one know the life threatening nature of the weather, I agree with that.

But. Hey, we’re all mammals here, right?  Which means warm-blooded.  And we’re essentially hairless mammals.  Right?  So. When it’s really cold, don’t go outside naked. We know cold for too long, with too little clothing is bad for us.  Our bodies let us know. Pay attention to your body.

 

Weekend Stuff

Winter                                                  Seed Catalog Moon

A money meeting this morning, then a long overdue call for repairs to my gas heater here in the study. The thermostat connection has long ago died and I have a hot or cold phenomenon in these bitterly cold days.  I heat it up to dispel the cold, but then have to turn the heater off because it goes past the comfort point.  Then, with the heat off, the cold seeps back in.  Soon I’ll have an even temp while I work.

I’m also working on a design for ancientrailsgreatwheel.com, one that will enhance and integrate with the theme.  This may take a while but I have until Imbolc to get it ready. Should be plenty of time.

Gonna do something unusual later today.  Visit a bricks and mortar store.  I want to get a new video card for my Gateway so I can utilize two screens, but finding out what I actually need has gotten the better of me.  I’m going to ask a live human being.  If the tariff isn’t too high, I’ll buy the video card there in return for the help.  If it’s double the online price, well…