Field Notes- January 24th. Snow has Stopped. About 12 inches- possibly more.

 So....the snow has stopped falling from the sky.  It's heavy dense snow.  High water content. I shoveled the front steps and then gave up.  The weight of the snow itself and the added weight of my very heavy black wool coat...was too much.  My heart and lungs- well, the lungs mostly...were signaling I should stop. I did.  I found my hat.  My Winter Shoveling Hat.  All is Right in my World.

Another fat fly.  My count was off- I think this was nine.  

Reading "the Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks" by Shauna Robinson.  Her first book was Must Love Books-- ( I read it all the way to the end..but it was tedious bordering on whining.)  This one was better. but still not something I would buy.

The inside cover had many praises from authors of books I do like and do own.. Abby Jimnez's Part of Your World: Freya Sampson's Last Chance Library.  And Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka's The Roughest Draft, Sutanto's Dial A for Aunties and Kelly Harms the Overdue Life of Amy Tyler.  Also Sajni Patel's the Trouble with Hating You.

I haven't read the Lonely Hearts Bookclub by Gilmore or the Chicken Sisters by Dell'Antonia or A Hundred Other Girls by Hariri-Kia.  They are on my list now.

Husband has gone to the dentist to get his teeth cleaned.  Then we will venture out to the grocery and the library.  Then home.  Husband spilled gasoline on himself yesterday while using the snowblower- and now that is all I smell.  Here in the house. Giving me a headache.  He can't smell anything. He spilled gas in the car a few weeks ago- I still smell it.

I emptied one shelf in the Pantry.  Expired Food.  It's now in the compost bucket. Expired in 2020 and 2021.   So, It's been in there for awhile.  Pre pandemic for sure. I will do another next week. Or sooner if I am bored out of my head......again. I was yesterday.

I read in the paper that COVID will be with us for years to come.......an Annual Shot.  Like the Flu. Constantly updated vaccines due to the changes in the virus.......as it tries in variations to kill us. And take over Planet Earth.   (laughing)  Or possibly not laughing......