no business like snow business

There has at ;east been no fresh snow since Friday night, but the 6-8" covering has not diminished either, as the temperature as I write has not risen any higher than it is now, minus 3.5. So it is a day for staying in, checking on the rents to make sure they are provisioned up and not lying deep-frozen at the bottom of the stairs. I considered sweeping my F-in-law's front step, but the ice is densely packed; what is more this area seems to be targeted for some more big falls early next week, so wha's the point, eh?

Tomorrow I shall don my walking boots and trek the 2 miles into work and hope nobody wants a house call. They ain't gonna get one.

This is the harshest pre-solstice winter I can remember in my close-on 60 years of life, and it is shaping up to be the toughest winter of any kind since what I call the "Great Snow of '82, when there was 36 inches of snowfall in 3 days and the entire city came to a virtual standstill for 10 days. Oh, heady days! One thing I do remember: From a rate of 3-5 house calls per day (it's less now), the requests for home visits fell magically away to zero throughout that 10 day period. With the thaw the rate rapidly returned to normal. Funny that...