Ice dancing with a wheelbarrow
A perverse combination of ice skating and Sumo wrestling is what it takes to haul in my winter wood supply. Two days of nearly 45 degree weather last week, melted the snow in driveways to a flat slush about two inches thick. Then the temperatures dropped faster than Monica Lewinski’s infamous blue dress in the oval office to solidify these surfaces to a sheen that would make a Zamboni driver envious. Of course, one can barely walk when it is like this, much less carry an armload of firewood. My... Sign in to see full entry.