Your wind came out way today. We've got a bright gray day going on here. When I saw the moon last night on my way to bed at two, I figured we weren't getting any more snow, so will have to settle for yesterday's four inches, I guess.
Guy, unknown to me, came by in a pickup to plow the hill for Nancy,my uproad neighbor, I imagine, who's coming home from Tennessee tomorrow. He did fine till he hit the first hill. . . . (worst on the road to her place). Don't know if he'll call in the big guns or not. If not, she's in trubble.
We have about a foot of snow so far and it's still falling heavily. Waiting for our plow guy to come back and this time plow the area in front of the garage too! He says he'll be here before I leave for work. We'll see!
Better! The Library Director called to say the Library would be closing three hours early, and she would cover my first two hours, so I might as well stay home! I still get paid for my five hours, too.
Today's the Twenty-seventh, I double and triple checked. It is. So why is everybody on my FB Engelbert group posting Happy New Year stuff? What are they gonna have left to say for the next four days?
i think it's that there's so much hype before Christmas, starting well before the beginning of Advent even, that people want it all to be over with Christmas Day. Also of course, not to sound like a Bible thumper, but it has become so secularized, people don't remember that Christmas is a season in the ecclesiastical sense. It's ll very irritating.
One of my favorite science fiction novels mentions that Christmas has been moving earlier and earlier. In -- was it the 23rd century? -- it begins on Halloween and ends bang on the dot of midnight, December 24th.
Cat ~~ Yes, it certainly has become secularized. I once argued with an on-line Jewish friend that Christmas as currently celebrated in the US is basically a secular holiday. Aside from the Nativity scene, most of the traditions are in fact of pagan origin.
Howard is first on this gray, overcast day. But not windy like yesterday.
ReplyDeleteHope everybody is OK.
Your wind came out way today. We've got a bright gray day going on here. When I saw the moon last night on my way to bed at two, I figured we weren't getting any more snow, so will have to settle for yesterday's four inches, I guess.
ReplyDeleteGuy, unknown to me, came by in a pickup to plow the hill for Nancy,my uproad neighbor, I imagine, who's coming home from Tennessee tomorrow. He did fine till he hit the first hill. . . . (worst on the road to her place). Don't know if he'll call in the big guns or not. If not, she's in trubble.
Better make up the spare bed, puddle ;-)
ReplyDeleteWe have about a foot of snow so far and it's still falling heavily. Waiting for our plow guy to come back and this time plow the area in front of the garage too! He says he'll be here before I leave for work. We'll see!
Praying your library closes before you have to go to work. Big time. I know you guys are big tough Vermonters and all, but really. . . .
ReplyDeleteBetter! The Library Director called to say the Library would be closing three hours early, and she would cover my first two hours, so I might as well stay home! I still get paid for my five hours, too.
DeleteReally, really good news!
DeleteToday's the Twenty-seventh, I double and triple checked. It is. So why is everybody on my FB Engelbert group posting Happy New Year stuff? What are they gonna have left to say for the next four days?
ReplyDeleteThe Twelve Clues of Christmas is delightful.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00A9VCE4U
I'm replying to Cat, even though the "reply" button doesn't seem to want to work.
ReplyDeleteBased on your recommendation, I have gone to Barnes & Noble and purchased "Her Royal Spyness" -- the first of the series.
Bill, this Christmas one is the only one I've read so far. I hope the rest are worthwhile.
DeleteExcellent point, Cat.
ReplyDeleteIt also bugs me when people say "Christmas is over." Nope! Not until NEXT weekend, thank-you!
i think it's that there's so much hype before Christmas, starting well before the beginning of Advent even, that people want it all to be over with Christmas Day. Also of course, not to sound like a Bible thumper, but it has become so secularized, people don't remember that Christmas is a season in the ecclesiastical sense. It's ll very irritating.
DeleteOne of my favorite science fiction novels mentions that Christmas has been moving earlier and earlier. In -- was it the 23rd century? -- it begins on Halloween and ends bang on the dot of midnight, December 24th.
DeleteCat ~~ Yes, it certainly has become secularized. I once argued with an on-line Jewish friend that Christmas as currently celebrated in the US is basically a secular holiday. Aside from the Nativity scene, most of the traditions are in fact of pagan origin.
DeleteHe didn't buy it.
Sounds about right.
DeleteThere was a funny status on facebook to the effect of:
ReplyDeleteFrom the Chinese Restaurant Association to the Jewish People:
WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR CUSTOMS, BUT WISH TO RELAY TO YOU OUR JOY THAT YOUR GOD DECREES THAT YOU EAT CHINESE FOOD ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
THANK YOU.
LOL
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