Working quite a bit lately: yesterday, had a shift at me job. My folks were going out in the afternoon, so my dad dropped me off an hour before my shift started: had lunch at McDonald's, which gave me a chance to download the rest of the Humble Bundle books; started reading John Scalzi's hilarious "Mallet of Loving Correction", several essays and ( Read more... )

Went to bed last night, with the land brown and sere and cold. Woke up this morning to find everything silver and white and snowy, with more snow coming down. At last! Winter looks like winter. I even snapped some shots of the scenery:

( Winter on the Shawsheen River )

Quiet day yesterday, aside from going to Mass at Mary Immaculate's, also I put back all the jack o'lanterns outside that I could reach that had gotten knocked around by the recent spates of windy weather we had. This in preparation to filming/taking pictures of them (one of the reasons I bought the Kindle when I did, except that nature decided to ( Read more... )

Work today, a short shift this afternoon and I couldn't help welcoming a short one, after the crazy-busy days I've had lately. Only downside, I got scheduled to work the late afternoon, and that meant heading home in the darkness. Not that I mind it, aside from getting across the street (though I had company crossing tonight, so it made things ( Read more... )