2024-01-15

Days of ice and snow

An ice storm rolled through here 10 days ago and then a few days later, snow. Beautiful and destructive with quite a few trees breaking under the weight of it all. We were without power for the first 2.5 days. My cabin was 28 the morning of the third day but it was an interesting and welcome break from the norm of assumed comfort. I generally keep my cabin around 55 during the winter and enjoyed the challenge of greater discomfort for a couple of days. I like to be reminded that our current era of convenient comfort is a blip in the overall arc of human history and not something that should be assumed to be a given in the future.

The sun in a gray cloudy sky above an a gravel road lined with ice covered trees on both sides

A snow covered road under a low tunnel of snow covered trees that hang heavily with thick snow

A green tiny house is surrounded by snow covered trees

A black dog with light gold eyebrows, long lashes and gold and white neck looks at the camera. He has been playing in the snow and his whiskers and snout are covered in snow. The background landscape is bright white snow.

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