There is a trace of snow on the ground this morning around town. Very wet. Less than an inch. I hear the big snow of the year is coming up the coast later today, though. Between six and twelve inches, depending where you are in the DC metro area. I guess I'll have to go up into the attic and get the shovel out! It's been hiding up there, collecting dust since the move in July.
Snow can be problematic in this area I hear. So I'm really curious to see how it all works out by tomorrow morning. Of course, in the all-wheel drive Subaru we can get around okay. It's the rest of the world. The two-wheel drivers. They're always the problem anyway. Not just on snow issues but pretty much everything else. Isn't it always the way? Everyone else's problem, fault, issue? Not mine! I've got all-wheel drive. Don't I?
Well that's the way of life in Washington, DC, anyway. Plenty of fingers pointing. Not enough fingers on the wheel doing the driving. That's why we just slip and slide through the slush. I like our new driver in the White House. He seems to have all-wheel drive, too. And has both hands on the wheel.
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Holding On
Winter is holding on tight. It's been cold here since Sunday morning when a front came through from the west. While I see that Erie is closing in on a seasonal high snowfall record. With just a foot or so more to go. Go Erie! Not that it's snowed here much at all. I think we are at a grand total of two or three inches. A few flakes did fall on Sunday just as the wind whipped around to the northwest, changing the rain to snow. None of it took.
Today I spread the gospel of feminism to a lunch group at Mount Vernon Unitarian Church. This group (called "Good Companions" for some reason) gets together and munches down every other Tuesday and has someone come in and speak to them after lunch. Should be interesting. I'll have to find out why they are good companions.
The cats (Zelda and Lucky) are restless. They "play" in a sibling rivalry sort of way. Stalking up and wrestling with each other in brief tussles. Lucky tends to like Kooper and takes advantage of Kooper eating by rubbing up against his snout and purring loudly. I think she would like to do that with Zelda, too, but Zelda is less tolerant.
Speaking of which (tolerance), there is still not a lot of that going on in the political halls of DC. The Republicans for the large part are playing the roll of Zelda when it comes to anything the Obama administration would like to do. "No. No. No! NO!" Like a baby who doesn't want to eat her mashed peas (even though they are good for her). I have to give credit to Barack Obama though. He keeps trying.
In the meantime we'll just need to hold on.
Today I spread the gospel of feminism to a lunch group at Mount Vernon Unitarian Church. This group (called "Good Companions" for some reason) gets together and munches down every other Tuesday and has someone come in and speak to them after lunch. Should be interesting. I'll have to find out why they are good companions.
The cats (Zelda and Lucky) are restless. They "play" in a sibling rivalry sort of way. Stalking up and wrestling with each other in brief tussles. Lucky tends to like Kooper and takes advantage of Kooper eating by rubbing up against his snout and purring loudly. I think she would like to do that with Zelda, too, but Zelda is less tolerant.
Speaking of which (tolerance), there is still not a lot of that going on in the political halls of DC. The Republicans for the large part are playing the roll of Zelda when it comes to anything the Obama administration would like to do. "No. No. No! NO!" Like a baby who doesn't want to eat her mashed peas (even though they are good for her). I have to give credit to Barack Obama though. He keeps trying.
In the meantime we'll just need to hold on.
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