Day 4 - 88 -- It's Falling Again

Well it has begun. Snow actually began just after lunch with sporadic waves of heavy and light snow. While the temperature hovered around 0 to +1C the accumulation was minimal. In fact, much of it melted as it hit the warmer ground, particularly the muddy patches, sidewalks and roads. Standing at the stoplight on the way home, I realized that the snow was falling at about a 45 degree angle, though there was only a very light breeze present -- not enough for the flag at that corner to fully unfurl. Watching it I thought again of a local saying, "small snow, big snow" and the corollary "big snow, small snow." I'll admit it took me some time to get the hang of this expression. In short, if the snow consists of fine flakes, the likelihood of major accumulation is strong. If it falls as large fluffy flakes, less is likely to pile up.  Again, thinking through this as I watched the teeny, tiny flakes fall and melt, I hoped for the best. At one point this evening, I thought it had stopped again, but it was so fine, it was difficult to see. When close to freezing, the snow was wet. Just now we have about 5 cm accumulated on the porch and ground, as the temp has dipped just below freezing.

Keeping all this in mind and practicing the art of positive thinking, I'm hoping for less accumulation by morning or through the day tomorrow. It was difficult to keep myself from wandering off into Panicville when realizing how much we need to have classes tomorrow and that the day was the annual day for students from across campus to present their research projects. It is a BIG deal and one unique to our smaller campus. Given that we are only one week and 2 days out from the end of term, finding an alternate date may be tricky -- not impossible, but tricky. They have all worked so hard for this day and really enjoy the less formal presentation with posters and brief verbal presentations. So -- I am doing my best to remain positive.

Upon seeing the first flakes falling, I said something akin to the title of today's selection. I did find this version to be very relaxing with two wonderful voices. The bluesy nature of the arrangement and the lyrics do reflect the need for a relationship to just end instead of torturing souls. I feel that way with the big storms. Small snow accumulations would be find, but big disruptive storms need to stop before we all go starkers. <smile>  Enjoy!

Here We Go Again -- Ray Charles & Nora Jones