Snowy Sunday

Winter has finally caught up to our small corner of Earth. New England's expecting a Blizzard today, (sustained winds over 35 mph for at least 3 hours with intense, rapid snowfall with decreased visability), n if the weather guy is near correct, I may have to shovel a foot of the white fluff stuff!
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Thanks for the heads up MB! I haven't been catching alot of news lately, (I'm working most people's off-hours now).
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It would be the first major shovel job of the strange warm winter we've had here! Just the past two days have chilled below 30 degrees. Will have to find the hats n gloves again... Only had a little to clean-up the last snow, -way back last fall! Coastal areas will be on flood watch, but prob not on the south-facing beaches, where I live.
I'm pretty lucky to be on a hill in this beach-ville zone, until ya slide down it on ice n can't get up it on the way home, that is!
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Cancellations (even Sunday church services!) have been running n The stores were jammin on the strip all day Sat gettin ready to hunkerdown. I had to do all my week-end runaround stuff in one morning, to be ready for the upcoming week. Every where a line!
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I finally raked up some of the wind-storm mess the other day, n was impressed to find a section-piece of (wood-peckered) holey-maple tree impaled at a steep angle into the lawn, which will not pull out... about the width of my hand n it's in pretty deep! I'm so glad I wasn't standin there when the neighbor's deck table hit the tree... Another marvel at the power of nature, n my good luck (well, at least the planet's being kind to me)!
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Still wish the summer people next door could have the good sense to batten down the outdoor furniture for storm season- I'm always left wondering when it's gonna fly over. Now I'm sure it's really dangerous...
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Been having a melancholy week, beginning Monday with my Father's death date anniversary throwing me off a bit when I suddenly remembered it. Been pretty sore, tired, n lonely to go with my sad mood, too. And of course, electronics behaving strangely not helping (he was an electronics engineer), which just keeps reminding me. Then I found out one of my fav reads went off-line while I was out of touch all week.
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An odd side-note:
I got the Kansas LP in the 70's, n learned how to fingerpick my own version of "Dust in the Wind" soon after. A friend I used to play music with added some more fancy vocals I also incorporated into my personal version in the early 80's. I've played it on other people's guitars in the oddest places- (like Stop n Shop), n folkz always seem impressed. Wish I had good fingernails today.
I always remember how to play it, n the lyrics...
N I'll never forget!
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I close my eyes, only for a moment n the moments gone.
All my dreams, pass before my eyes a curiosity-
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind-

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea.
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see,
ah-Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wi-nd-- whaoo-o-ah

(insert violin break here)

Don't hang on!
Nothing lasts forever but the Earth n sky.
It slips a-way a-hey!
All your money won't another minute buy-high-ya-

Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind--
(-All we are is dust in the wind).
Dust in the wind, everything is Dust in the wih-in-d, a-ha-o-o-ah-oh~
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