I didn’t make it to the January board meeting—it got postponed due to the blizzard and then I forgot—but I did get the latest on the fountain, for those who’ve been asking. The new fountain has been scheduled for inspection and testing twice; both times the appointment was snowed out (including today). Hopefully, the next time Mother Nature will give us a break and we’ll actually have a working fountain again!

If you’re interested in an amusing take on local wintry weather from 133 years ago, here’s an item from the Lowell Courier, December, 1848:

“After all, one could kill off the creeping gloom, by watching people mince along as though upon very thin shelled eggs, with now and then an involuntary shuffle and rigadoon. It looked odd, to see handsome ladies start a “forward and back” and “right and left” figure; or grave old gentlemen begin a busy rat-tat shuffle, on a floor of glassy ice, and neither of them look happy about it, either. All the world have been dancing without music and even church members have been cutting figures in all sorts of antics and queer postures.”

And finally—at the risk of cluttering up the bulletin board with excessive silliness—I think the snow is getting to me.  I’m starting to see strange things across from my window….. 😉