Hello,
“Should I wear a coat today?” Leroy
wondered as he was getting ready to leave the house. He planned to be home in
the middle of the afternoon when the source he was looking at predicted that it
would still be close to 50 degrees. Because he was using the car, he
decided to go with just his suit coat.
I went on my usual shopping foray with
just a light jacket. By the time I was leaving the last store it had become
cold enough that I wondered if I should walk to church with Leroy’s coat. I suppressed
the urge rationalizing that he did have the car and could manage with that.
“How did you escape the cold?” I asked
when he got home.
“I moved quickly from the car to the
building and back again,” he said, “it wasn’t too bad.”
Once solidly in the door he proceeded
to put on warmer clothes.
We are grateful that we live in such
luxury that we have a warm place in spite of a strong wind. The insulation
works as does the furnace. Had I been thinking ahead I might have prepared bean
soup, but as it is we will eat a lot of Swiss chard which I have cut level with
the ground. I also cut off the chocolate mint to which Leroy applied the quick
drying method. We will use that for tea. I also cut off some oregano that we
will also dry, but not until tomorrow. Some broccoli was ready and I picked it.
I left out the Brussel sprouts, collards, and kale hoping for hardy survivors.
Paula
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