The Rabid Librarian's Ravings in the Wind: January 2025

Monday, January 06, 2025

Getting to work tomorrow, hopefully

The Fayette County Sheriff's Winter Care programme will still be in effect tomorrow, January 7th. I called a little while ago and they're going to pick me up at 7:30 AM from my house and take me to work since I work in healthcare. I thought about taking the bus but I think the stop, which is relatively close, is still too far to safely go there. If you need help as well, call 859-252-1771 and ask about Winter Care. So I just need to get to the street. I've got my hiking poles with the snow tips ready and snow boots with good treads. There's some snow on top of the ice now, which can be good or bad. Wish me luck!

January 2025 ice/snowstorm

Thankfully the branch did not come down on my car. I can't walk with all this ice. I called into work. They were urging people to stay off the roads anyway. There's a few more inches of snow coming today, then a polar vortex hitting us tonight and tomorrow. Oh, and another system at the end of the week. Lovely. It does look pretty, though. Yesterday I let the dogs out and they frolicked, even the one who hates the wet yard and the cold yard. Apparently both together are fun. This morning it was almost painful watching them slowly crunch through the ice and snow so they could go do their business. They were certainly not happy then.

Before

2 hours in

Going over into ice

Going towards evening

Last night

This morning

A different view

Icicles on the shed

Glazed kitchen window

Out front with a branch blocking my car

Another view

#2

I just read The Art of Living by Thích Nhất Hạnh, a revered Buddhist monk and spiritual teacher. I'm really intrigued by it, and a lot of it makes sense to both head and heart. In chapter five, he writes:

True happiness depends on our capacity to cultivate compassion and understanding and bring nourishment and healing to ourselves and our loved ones.

I have highlighted a lot of his words in my Kindle book. I borrowed it from Kindle Unlimited but decided to go ahead and use my gift balance to buy it so that I could read and re-read it, as I suspect each time gives further insight.

I highly recommend it.