A second snowy Monday. Last week we had a bit over a foot. Today we seem to be in the 6 to 8 inch band. Probably a couple of inches on the ground now, at mid-morning. The heaviest snowfall is coming later in the afternoon.
This is what March does to us, so no use whingeing. But I can't help observing it's rather an abrupt change from the 50+ degrees of the past two days!
Unlike last Monday, I'm not able to cuddle up at the Lodge and watch the flakes fall. I must go Out Into It this afternoon, probably about the time of the most intense snowfall. There's a subcommittee work session related to the bill I testified on last Thursday.
There's a chance I'll see the Chap if I also attend a presentation on the Stimulus package being offered to legislators and town officials in Representatives Hall. He happens to be the Stimulus Expert for towns and municipalities, the go-to guy for folks who have those shovel-ready projects we all keep hearing about. His charts and graphs turn up in all the newspapers, too, as illustrations for stimulus articles.
I jokingly tell people I needn't study the stimulus provisions myself...all I have to do is ask my husband about it. And he always has a "stimulating" answer.
He'll soon be headed to Washington, DC--a Stimulus-related junket. (Not paid for by Stimulus funds, I hasten to add.) Purportedly there's a chance for some interaction with--well, I won't say anything about it yet, but it would be exciting. I'm trying so hard not to be jealous, I keep telling myself it's too early for cherry blossoms anyway....
Had a wondrous productive weekend, am caught up with my quota. This morning my "research" is quite highbrow...I'm listening to Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas as I study the history of its first performance. Which I must recreate in my novel.
So here, if you're interested, is a scene. And it was filmed at Hampton Court Palace--which also features prominently in this book of mine!
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