Blizzard

There was a little snow or wintry mix on the morning of Christmas Eve, but it’s been quite a while since we had a major snowstorm in the DC area. We have had one today. I put on boots, and took an evening walk in the snow. It was beautiful, especially where there were colored lights, but snow was still falling, and a sharp wind was blowing intermittently. The Chosin Few might have considered it a delightful break from really cold weather, but I figured that I was working on my fortitude by continuing the walk. This reminds me of my childhood in Pennsylvania, or attending college in Western Massachusetts.

The federal government in the DC area was closed today, but I was teleworking anyhow. I had an appointment to go see an optometrist this afternoon (the receptionist told me that I should come in when I reported my eye floater Friday), but I received notice by email that the office was closed because of the inclement weather, and then someone called to reschedule the appointment to Thursday.

A Bitter Anniversary

I remember Trump’s attempted autogolpe on January 6, 2020. Something which I did not imagine on that day was that in four years, his re-election to a non-consecutive second term would be certified, after a plurality of the population voted for him. We should not yet despair of American democracy as a failed experiment, but the time may come when it is shown to be such.