Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
For yesterday is but a dream.
And tomorrow is only a vision.
But today well lived makes
every yesterday a dream of happiness
and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation of the dawn.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

It’s Back…

We were the last ones out of the office on Tuesday evening. Everyone else had jumped ship at the earliest opportunity. Management even gave the token fifty-nine minutes as it was determined that the snow was indeed heading right for us.
Mom simply said, “It will be easier driving home without so many people on the road.”
When we finally did make it to the house, Mother Nature had endowed us with about three and a half – maybe four - inches of heavy wet snow. That measurement was scientifically made by sticking my extended fingers karate fashion into the snow accumulation on various surfaces around the house. Then it was my pleasure to shovel the walks. Mom had hot soup waiting for me when I finished.
Since I’m trying to burn sick-leave as well as ease into retirement, I didn’t go to work due to a 3:00 p.m. dental appointment. Generally I would take a 7:00 a.m. appointment so it wouldn’t break into the day so badly. But to get ready for retirement I need to do it the civilian way – put it late in the day or somewhere near midday. So venturing out into the afternoon sun it was plain to see that our snow was still with us. I’m not sure who I should thank - Punxsutawney Phil or the global warming people. Probably neither.
Perhaps I should, however, be thankful for global warming. Without it this winter could have been so much worse. We could have been snowbound for days. Oh…, what? There were people on the peninsula confined to their homes for… a week? In December? Because of the snow? Well, it could have been worse.
Maybe we should talk to the strawberry farmer in Louisiana trying to save his 92,000 strawberry plants from several nights of freezing temperatures. He expected to lose a significant portion of his crop, especially with temperatures forecast to drop into the lower 20s. "We had 29 this morning," he said. He wouldn't know how big a loss he faces until after the cold snap ends and he can pull back the fabric covers to inspect the plants.
Can you imagine how cold it might have been without global warming?

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