January was very, very cold. Some people have told me it was the coldest on records in 20 years. It was down to 3 or 5 degrees a lot of mornings, and even on warm days it only got into the teens. It takes a lot of energy to endure the extreme cold and by the end it feels like a miracle to survive. Luckily no on in the family got sick, although pleanty of people were out at the office.<\/p>\n
Last week two of the guys in our band called in sick for practice, the lead singer and one of the guitarists. So Mike the bassist and I split the vocals. Some of our songs worked better as a quartet than others, so toward the end of session we just started calling songs to jam. I called two from the Infinigon days that went over so well we added them to our set. One is Burnin\u2019 for You by Blue \u00d6yster Cult. The other is Money by Pink Floyd. I had heard Mike jamming on the opening riff to warm up once before so I knew he knew it.<\/p>\n
February came and started with a really warm weekend. It was up into the 40\u2019s on Saturday and the 50\u2019s on Sunday. Everything melted, and I even started up my Mustang and let it idle in the driveway for 20 minutes or so. I thought of taking for a drive, but the roads were all full of slush and salt, so I waited.<\/p>\n
Today it\u2019s heavy snow again. Already to 6\u201d or so since I woke up. And in the middle of if the tree people finally showed up to take the logs off our yard and cur down the stunp. They\u2019re at it now with a giant truck-crane-claw and a chainsaw. I\u2019ll bet the lawn underneath is totally trashed but at this rate it\u2019ll be quite a while before I can see it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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