Just what you've been waiting for, a weather report from north Georgia.
Yesterday our specific part of north Georgia experienced the coldest morning of the season so far, 17°F (-8.3°C). This morning, the first significant snow (translation: other than a trace or a few flurries) in five years has been falling. It is, to coin a phrase, a winter wonderland. Local children are ecstatic because all of the schools are closed. Many members of the workforce are ecstatic as well because their places of employment are also closed.
This circumstance contributes to the northern states' continued feelings of superiority over the southern states. If the people of the midwest (Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, etc.) and the northeast (New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston, etc.) stayed home every time a little snow fell, no work would take place for months on end.
In other news, I have now completed and submitted to Storyworth my responses to the first two of their 52 questions. So far it is a lot of fun as well as a lot of work.
If you have a lot of time on your hands -- maybe you're snowed in and can't get out and about -- take a look at this list of 25 Of the Most Inspiring Books Everyone Should Read that popped up on my computer today. Sad to say, I have read only one of the 25, The Count Of Monte Cristo, #16. How many have you read, or even heard of?
I have concluded that with every passing day I am more and more out of touch with what is going on in the world. It is a startling revelation, to say the least.
I have read none of these books but I've heard of a couple of authors. From the titles, I don't think I'm missing anything.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing, Red, though I also felt a little guilty for doing so. Thanks for commenting today. You probably have a lot more snow up there in Alberta than we do.
DeleteI haven't read any of them and I'm not likely to. I can claim to have "The Art of War" on my bookcase. It belongs to one of my sons.
ReplyDeleteThe Art of War is the only title on the list that I have even heard of besides The Count of Monte Cristo. I used to consider myself a reader, but those days are long gone. Thank you, kylie.
DeleteI haven't read any of them, either, and don't suppose I ever will! Keep warm!
ReplyDeleteTypical for Georgia, cold rain followed the snow and now there is a layer of ice on roads and trees. Brrr! Spring can’t come soon enough to suit me. Thank you, Janice.
DeleteStay warm and safe.
ReplyDeleteWe’re doing our best! Ice is quickly replacing the snow today (it thaws and then refreezes) and a few branches have come down as well, but conditions are slowly returning to normal. Thanks for your concern and for commenting, Emma.
DeleteJust 1 and ½. I read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (and still have it and others by him in the loft). The half was The Count of Monte Cristo. I found it heavy going. Which is odd for someone who thrived in his early twenties on all the Russian novels.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know who compiles these lists. I enjoyed reading The Count of Monte Cristo but, as I said, I never heard of most of the others. I have heard of The Alchemist, I just never got around to reading it. Thank you, Graham.
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