January 6, 2007
Another day lost to procrastination. The weather forecaster predicted Arctic air would drop our temperatures to single digits in a few days; and that today there would be wind. The temperature remains in the balmy 40's today; however, the wispy winds feels cold enough to freeze water at a hundred yards. Not sure what that means; it just sounds good, metphoric maybe: freezing water at a hundred yards.
A small flock of magpies, three or four, and a couple of red-shafted flickers have been scouring the mummified grape arbor today for the tiny morsels that used to be grapes. It is good to know we are providing some nourishment for our neighbors from nature that visit the grape arbor here in the winter. The robin's nest on the corner nearest the kitchen, harbors no refugees; it's builders and prior residents left for warm, summer climes, months ago. Too bad others can't do the same. Cold, dry weather wreaks havoc on dry skin.
One new project came to mind today: the posting of a page in honor of a posthumous friend, Ruby Fisher, who was Miss Oakland in 1927. Certain bits of information regarding her are available online; and conversations with her daughter summer before last have provided enough documented, and documentable information, to create such a posting. Ruby would have enjoyed knowing she still has a positive impact on the world!
Not much else for today. The Seahawks play the Cowboys in Seattle late this afternoon in the first round of the play-offs which, of course, leads to this year's Super Bowl. The odds of Seattle winning this game are about as good as the team winning the Super Bowl this year; and those odds are about the same as the cat on the couch finishing the edit of The Marker for me this month.
Yes, it will be completed this month - the editing.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment