Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Day 3 - 335 -- An Eventful Day

In the early morning, I heard a noise and decided it was the neighbour cat running across the roof, as she is wont to do in some weird parkour extravaganza. When I fully awoke within the next hour I realized it was continuing, so was not the cat. It was, in fact, snow falling from the tree branches onto the roof -- a distinctive sound that heralds shoveling. I reminded myself that the weather gurus had forecast 1 cm of snow overnight. The roof activity does not happen with a measly centimetre of the white stuff. I did not want to look out the window. If I stayed in bed and didn't get up, it would be like Schrodinger's snow. Needless to say, I walked into work. Ploughs had not been by yet -- they, too, likely expected much less and were unprepared until later in the morning. Visibility was not great as the thick wet white globs fell. There was 4-6 inches of compacted wet snow down when I left the house. Shoveling when I returned in early evening was a challenge as there was water under it all and mud under all that. Now the forecasters have consulted their clairvoyants and predict we'll get about an inch or so of rain in the coming 24 hours. It should be one grand mess by this time tomorrow.

While hiding from the world outside, I met with students, celebrated a friend's birthday, and graded scads of assignments. Sugar played a role in getting through the day -- not that it is a bribe or reward, just a comfort for today -- a mini-cupcake at the celebration and bran muffin later in the evening.

An annual  holiday concert occurred elsewhere today. The coordinator is a singer-songwriter from Montreal whose career began in the '60s in New York -- Andy Kim. He wrote many songs that are familiar across ages. I chose to share a newer recording of one of those early songs. This version is by another artist who entered the musical world in the '60s, as well. The arrangement is playful and interesting -- giving a very different view of the piece. Enjoy!

Sugar, Sugar -- Micky Dolenz




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