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I think we can get rid of these

While cleaning out some old bookshelves, we found these relics.

The snow in Chelmsford on December 21 2008

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Sunday blizzard

I know this picture looks blurry—it's not. It's just snowing that hard. The snow we were supposed to get on Friday was a lot weaker than most of us were anticipating, but the "little bit" of snow on Sunday ended up packing quite a punch.

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Not exactly the blizzard of ‘08

We ended up with about nine inches of fluffy snow. Not enough to cause any real trouble but just the right amount to make a mess.


For some inexplicable reason, whenever snow’s coming there’s a mad last-minute rush on milk, eggs and bread at all the grocery stores. It’s so widespread, unexplainable and quirky-funny that Adam of UniversalHub invented the French Toast Alert system for it. Today’s expected 12+ inches of snow call for a French Toast Alert level of Orange.

And what did I realize I was out of this morning when I reached for my breakfast cereal?

Lucky me, I got to stand in some truly epic lines while waiting to check out my milk and eggs. (Thankfully I already had bread.) The Clarendon Hill Foodmaster in Somerville was completely mobbed, way worse than the Saturday morning crowds. And in everyone’s hands were indeed milk, eggs and bread. Unbelievable!

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French Toast Alert!

You'd think after all these years of living in New England we'd all learn to plan ahead a little.

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Trans-Pacific garter stitch

I made a friend (who no longer lives in the same hemisphere as me!) a scarf for a Christmas gift. It was great getting a very happy email from her when the gift reached her doorstep. Something about the distance it traveled to get there made it even more gratifying, I think.