The temperature is about freezing, maybe a little over. So we're not getting accumulation, and certainly not on the road. But lawn and hill snow, the kind that kids play with, that might get a little more for kids to play with. It's a good balance.
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Equilibrium
I was out earlier and saw that it had started raining. Soon after that I saw a little snow mixed in. Then it all got to be snow. But after the sun went down I lost track of the fact that it was still snowing. That's because not only was it dark but the screen windows can play tricks with the light, so sometimes it looks like it is when it isn't. But now it definitely is.
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A story for you:
John Bradford, an Irish university student, was on the side of the road hitchhiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a torrential storm.
The night was rolling on and no car went by. The rain and wind were so overwhelming he could barely see. At long last he observed a car that slowly came towards him and stopped just a few feet away.
John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, got into the car and closed the door... Only then did he realize there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn’t running. The car started moving slowly. John looked at the road ahead and saw a curve approaching. Scared, he started to pray, begging for his life. Then, just before the car hit the curve, a hand appeared out of nowhere through the window, and turned the wheel. John, paralyzed with terror, watched as the hand came through the window, but never touched or harmed him.
Shortly thereafter, John saw the lights of a pub appear down the road, so, gathering all his courage, he jumped out of the car and ran to that comforting beacon of normality. Wet and out of breath, he rushed inside and started telling everybody about the horrible experience he had just had.
A silence enveloped the pub when everybody realized he was crying... and that he wasn’t drunk.
Suddenly, the door opened, and two other people walked in from the dark and stormy night. They, like John, were also soaked and out of breath. Looking around, and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one said to the other...
Look, Paddy... there’s that idiot that got in the car while we were pushing it!
It hardly ever snows in Ireland but they're still happy when spring arrives.
Kind of an inverted ghost story. On second thought there's nothing "kind of" about it. That's what it is. I definitely like it.
The snow I was talking about didn't last long at all. It got a lot warmer the next day. Right now there's nothing on the ground. Does get quite chilly at night, though.
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