the icy windshield cometh

[fflo]

So familiar, this morning's chipping of the stubborn ice... but rare in these parts. Came out to it often in Baltimore. The ice storm and freezing rain thing occurred in a Charm City winter more often than any form of snow, let alone the dry wafty lovely flakes we so often get up here.

This kind of winter, though longer, is better than that kind of winter.

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Re: back in the day

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I like the stories of the coin-operated heaters that sit (sat) on poles like parking meters in N. Dakota for heating up yer engine to get it to start. And I like the tales you hear of people running extension cords from the house so the hair dryer can defrost the lock.

Call me crazy, but I feel spring right around the corner, and I'm trying to appreciate this last of winter with every crunchy trudge I take in my ol' boots. There's something that feels good and competant and solid and able about being in boots. Having dry, warm-ish feet walking through frozenness. I like it.