The storm that made the trek to and
from Boston so interesting yesterday continues to hammer away at us, dropping
another six inches overnight. I’m a big hero for the backyard birds who were
mobbing the bird feeder this morning as the deep snow kept the pesky squirrels
in their dens. This was a bigger storm than any of last winter and bodes ill
for my decision to wait through another winter before retiring. Our hilltop home
is blessed with almost continual winds which thoughtfully distributed last
night’s snowfall in drifts across the opening I carved with the snow blower
yesterday.
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I was back out there this morning at a
more reasonable hour to re-carve the opening. I got a chance to apologize to the
neighbor across the street for my early morning antics of yesterday. I woke him
up at 3:30am and he was wondering what the hell I was up to. I explained about the
need to get my Favorite Panamanian to the airport. In that regard she arrived
right on schedule in Panama City but her connecting flight north to David was eventually
canceled. The airlines put her up in a resort hotel overnight and she was last
seen heading out to party with her crazy younger sister and nephew. She at least
tried to look sympathetic to my encasement in the white stuff.
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| Deckzilla This Morining |
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| The Front |
I was just about finished with the driveway
this morning when the snow blower ran out of gas. It was 2018 gasoline so it is
probably a good thing to get rid of although it means I’ll be back out there
this evening to clear the sidewalks. I apologized to another neighbor as I was
leaving for work. He was out shoveling his driveway and I explained I had run
out of gas this morning. I usually knock out his road side snow bank while I’m
out. I’m just not making many friends with the neighbors during this first
storm.
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BRS
- Blog Reader the Sequel
- second granddaughter; FBR - First Blog
Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA –
Amazing Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman – my son in law; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt = my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College
Roommate – high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two
close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd musquetera
(musketeer); Riggins - also known as
the Grandpuppy, son's dog, surrogate grandchild while awaiting arrival of the
BRS; PanaGals – female
relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood
Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); First Friday – celebrations
to mark the First Friday of the Week; Deckzilla
Dude – senior citizen carpenter/contractor; Voices of Inappropriate Worth - members of public who come to every
Worcester public meeting to complain, all are on public assistance along with
demeanor issues
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