The winter snow event turned out to be less than they were predicting right before it started, but it’s still enough to quiet the city for a few days.

Today: Organizing, cleaning, and the various small things I’ve had on lists for a while now. In particular wrangling Obsidian into something more functional and streamlined in a top priority.

Status: Shoveled the driveway yesterday so it doesn’t turn into an evolving ice sheet and now I’m feeling it today. With the move I stopped going to the gym and it’s days like this that it makes me regret it.

Reading: I’ve now finished both Blood in Winter and Gales of November, so I’m off the naughty list at the library. Both were good in their own ways. I will say, calling Gales of November the “untold story” of the Edmund Fitzgerald is a bit much. But it’s always a good marketing title.

Listening: Lots of Bob Weir, the Wolf Bros live recordings with Bobby’s gravelly voice meshes nicely with the coldness outside.

Last Watched: We were supposed to see Lord of the Rings in theaters for the 25th anniversary screenings, and while we saw Fellowship last week, we had to delay Two Towers and Return of the King until this weekend, which became watching them at home. Both were enjoyable, a fact really enhanced by the blu-rays of both being broken up in two. We watched the first half of both in the morning each day and the second half after lunch. Bring back intermissions is what I’m saying.