"More snow--we're all going to die!"
I’ve posted before about how much I enjoyed Priscilla Royal’s new mystery, Covenant with Hell. So I am delighted to report that Covenant with Hell has been nominated for Left Coast Crime’s Historical Mystery award.
On a less cheerful subject, I hope that all of my friends and readers in the American south come safely through that nasty winter storm sweeping up the coast. These are not states accustomed to coping with snow—understatement of the year. We usually don’t get that much snow in South Jersey, either, our attitude very similar to a sign I was told appeared on a Seattle freeway recently: “Snow is coming. We’re all going to die!” Even when a snow of only a few inches is predicted, we panic and rush to grocery stores like a plague of locusts, sweeping the shelves bare of staples like milk and bread. Of course that is very amusing to you hardy souls in the Midwest and Canada where a snowfall is not even noticed till it reaches a foot or more. But when the tail end of that southern snowstorm drops a few more inches of snow on South Jersey on Wednesday, Holly and I are housebound until it thaws. Fortunately spaniels are much more sensible about such matters than some of my past dogs; I had a Norwegian elkhound who loved to go out and take a nap in the middle of a blizzard and one of my poodles liked nothing better than a three mile hike through snow higher than her head, even though she came back from these treks looking like a poodle popsicle. So….stay safe and warm, guys. Spring is only two months away.
On a less cheerful subject, I hope that all of my friends and readers in the American south come safely through that nasty winter storm sweeping up the coast. These are not states accustomed to coping with snow—understatement of the year. We usually don’t get that much snow in South Jersey, either, our attitude very similar to a sign I was told appeared on a Seattle freeway recently: “Snow is coming. We’re all going to die!” Even when a snow of only a few inches is predicted, we panic and rush to grocery stores like a plague of locusts, sweeping the shelves bare of staples like milk and bread. Of course that is very amusing to you hardy souls in the Midwest and Canada where a snowfall is not even noticed till it reaches a foot or more. But when the tail end of that southern snowstorm drops a few more inches of snow on South Jersey on Wednesday, Holly and I are housebound until it thaws. Fortunately spaniels are much more sensible about such matters than some of my past dogs; I had a Norwegian elkhound who loved to go out and take a nap in the middle of a blizzard and one of my poodles liked nothing better than a three mile hike through snow higher than her head, even though she came back from these treks looking like a poodle popsicle. So….stay safe and warm, guys. Spring is only two months away.
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When I was a kid in South Carolina, everything shut down when there was a trace of snow. No school! It was great! I moved my kids to Kansas in the mid '90s and always felt bad for them - the rural districts around us regularly cancel classes, but here in town? Nope. It takes about a foot of snow for that to happen, though they actually cancelled one day earlier this month when we had the -20F wind chills. I love winter and snow, but this polar vortex is crazy! :)
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Bella, our black lab, is the only living thing I know who is not yet sick of the snow. Each new snowfall for her just gives her another opportunity to frolic and play in it. The cold doesn't seem to affect her AT ALL!