January staggers to a close. My physio remarked on how quickly the month had gone but then added the caveat, 'The days are long but the weeks seem short.' Mind, I can't remember anything that happened this month. It's just been January since forever ( Read more... )

Weather warning for high winds so I stayed in today, finishing The Fifth Elephant and starting another Miss Silver mystery. Miss Silver is readable enough, I suppose, and certainly better for the stodgy brain than Four Roads Cross but I'm not sure I'm exactly enjoying this. However, the library copy is much in demand so I forge onwards. Some day I' ( Read more... )

The oddities of weather in This Here Burg are that, when it was -13C/ whatever the bloody hell that is F, one pair of gloves was quite sufficient to keep my hands warm. Today when it's -2C/28F, I was desperately wishing for my mittens to double-bag my gloves. This is what no sun and occasional wind gets you ( Read more... )

Milder today. Returned books to library where I ran into the mother of S, one of my step-grand nephews, and S's sig.oth from up the street who recognized me first even if I, as ever, didn't recognize her. I may have to tell people I'm losing my sight, which I may well be, along with the other disabilities of age ( Read more... )

Colder than yesterday just because no sun and a freezing north wind, also maybe because couldn't wear longjohns under my trousers because physio. Did not die. Did get more Jack Daniels coolers though checkout clerk informed the guy behind me who commented on same that Loblaws was probably going to stop stocking American liquor onaccounta tariffs. I ( Read more... )

After sitting indoors (emphasis on sitting) for three days I got out to the super today, double bagged and in the cheap blue winter coat that is far warmer than my pricey North Face regular. Has deeper pockets too: no gloves falling out as they have three times so far with the NF. The last two times someone ran after me with my dropped glove, but ( Read more... )

The doorbell rang this morning as I was eating my belated breakfast, but by the time I'd limped downstairs Whoever was on his way to my neighbour's. This afternoon I opened the door to check if it was snowing or had snowed (the latter, and for some reason I want to make that verb 'snown' but can't believe it's correct.) Reflexively checked the ( Read more... )

There's nothing like trying to find CBC's Saturday Afternoon at the opera (Tosca this week), getting the largo al factotum instead, and finally remembering that today is Friday.

Otherwise I have stocked up on Jack Daniels and Coke coolers, because tomorrow will be very sloppy and the rest of the week extremely cold.

Flurries, they said. This was why I didn't want to have my dentist appointment today, because what we got was snow squalls. Still, my cab showed up in good time and gave me 45 minutes to cruise the local Shoppers there, so yes I got my stamps (the devil's agreement between Shoppers and the PO is something I have Opinions about, given that Shoppers ( Read more... )

Snow on snow. Not huge amounts but not negligible either. Thus, boots, alas. And I need to get over past Bathurst to my restaurant that's closing, and to drop off some unusable material to someone who's taking it to recycling at the end of the month ( Read more... )