Allow me to briefly rhapsodize about my home. (ha! rhapsodize! get it?)
Ahem. Yesterday it started snowing at 1 pm. Traffic was completely gridlocked by about 2. Fortunately all I had to do was drive my wife and kids home from school a mile away. It took us 40 minutes. And then I had to shovel. (we have 35 steps from our house to the street.) Oh yeah, and my wife has a broken leg.
And then I had to take the dog to the park in the snow.
And I loved every freakin' minute of it. Yeah, I'll be hating it by March, but the first snowstorm of the year is just glorious. It's quiet, everything slows down, and I feel like this is the best place in the world.
Here's someone who concurs (Well, I guess he's now at the top in the little button, even though mog is still telling me he's appended to the end of my post). Jonathan Richman, one of those guys who's simultaneously underrated (by most of humanity) and overrated (by his cultists), sounding like he has a bad head cold and singing the praises of the best place in the world.
My Trusted MOGs
Yeah, a snow day! So something that's always bothered me, how come with all that love Jonathan moved to California years ago? It couldn't be the weather!
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That's a great synopsis of the good Mr. Richman. Don't often seek him out, but I enjoy him whenever he pops up. Thanks!
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J.R. is a gem, and I love his devotion to suburban "culture". So unique. I too used to love the first snow - god's way of saying "take a break already!" I live in FL now, so there's none of that, but fond memories though.
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Let is snow as the song goes. Could we have some pictures? I love the white coat muffling all sounds with scrunches and flakes...
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I hear ya, and Jonathan. Maine IS magnificent, yes indeed. Why, it could be a part of the Maritimes, save for all the flags, and gun racks on pick-ups. I always liked the idea of New England and the Maritimes splitting away and being our own darn country.
I really like this song. Yaaa.
We're gettin' pounded by the same storm at the moment. Lovely night for a rum and egg nog by candle light.