January

January…

It has taken a while for winter to arrive, but the winds have blown winter in.  It is definitely here today… at least for the rest of the week.

We have had many days in the 40s and 50s. Not too many of those frigid below freezing days.  The big story has been the rains. Full days of rain and cloudy skies. Inches of rain. I don’t know how much rain we have received but it has wiped out those dry summer months and we are now above average in the rain department.  

Although it has been warmer and wetter than most, the winter of 2024 is finally here.

Now bundle up and choose a book and enjoy the quiet repose.

Before you know it the skies will clear and daffodils and forsythia will be starting the cycle all over again.

The James River out of its banks – January 2024.

In the past…

I was at a conference out West where I had to share a room.

It was not a grand hotel, in fact there was not much to it.

The smartly dressed attendant was explaining there were two clocks in the room set one hour apart.

The town was split in two time zones at the river which also split the town.

The way to remember it she said was, “The men who were drinking downtown were drinking in the past.”

I knew many men like that and said, “Thanks.”