I went ice skating today. In retrospect, I could have chosen a better day. It was negative thirty with windchill. Oops.

I can still skate backwards! I can still brake! I can still skate, period! It's been a few years. I didn't attempt spins. (I hate spins.) There were perhaps two or three dozen people out today - on a nice day, the lagoon is filled ( Read more... )

-30 Celsius today, and with windchill it went into negative forty. Waiting for the bus has become a horrible experience. [especially when you can see that the same route has had two buses come by already, and not even one for you ( Read more... )

I remember being very surprised to find out that 4 seasons, balanced out equally over the year, each with 3 months, actually existed. Not just a textbook idea. I didn't know that they were real.
Welcome to my world, where it is snowing and -10 C degrees and life is going on normally. Halloween will be done by kids swathed in layers of fabric again. ( Read more... )

Well, to be truthful, I did see it coming ( Read more... )