Diary 273

Diary 273

Wednesday, December 16th

All the news outlets promise us plenty of snow tomorrow, so today was spent checking the snowblower I got from the trash and making sure that most of its 35 year old bits were still reasonably firmly attached. It made convincing chugging sounds when persuaded, so now I know I’m ready for anything. But the real delight of a snow day will be that I can get down to some truly scientific sampling of the latest batch of fruit syrups from Conspiriti. My dear friend Andrew Peerless created these mixes in England and now has a US outlet. Just add sparkling water. Some people add gin, of course, but that’s up to you.

I’ve known Andrew since we were at school together, so probably since I was 11. Astonishing to think of how the years slip by… Fortunately we’ve both improved immeasurably with age.