In fact, there is so much snow, that it was over Kon Tiki’s head yesterday and she was stranded on the porch of the house across the road from me.

I had to make my way over there (the snow was higher than my snow boots, so that was fun!), and pick her up and carefully carry her home.

And since there will be temperatures around -25 degrees Fahrenheit the next couple of nights, I can’t let her leave the house for a few days.

She’s not entirely happy about this…. (sarcasm)

But here she is, in a quiet moment, in my room a few minutes ago:

Anyway.

The fact that we have gotten so much snow, and so much of this part of the country got it, with unbelievably cold windchill factors…

We (me and my Q-friendly friends) are pretty sure it’s engineered to hide something else.

And then I saw this last evening, re-posted by il donaldo trumpo:

So there we go. Make sure everyone has to stay home in order to see all that on the TV…

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Well, anyway.

Whoever sent the snow did a really great job of it.

Meanwhile.

Here’s this!

You know for sure that you love someone when your heart sort of swells just at the sight of their profiles from 51 years ago…

Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards, backstage, Cleveland, US Tour 1975:

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And here’s this– yay!

Which led to THIS — Lo! these many years later!

From the Sydney shows over the weekend:

You can still get tickets to the Brisbane show tomorrow (January 27th) HERE. (Next 2 nights in Melbourne are sold out.)

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Okay, so yesterday was a little weird.

If you saw my post yesterday morning about my discovery that most of my current novels are currently delisted on LULU and so you can’t actually buy them anywhere… not until they are reformatted, anyway.

Well, I just had a difficult time focusing yesterday, but curiously enough, the moment Sandra called and we began discussing the synopsis for the TV project, my brain was suddenly back and we had a really productive call.

So that felt great.

And then I did my yoga, and even though I missed the Zoom call with James Tabor at noon yesterday, I did manage to complete another lesson in the “Christianity before Paul” course before dinner. (I can re-watch the Zoom call but it was 3 hours (!!), so I’ll get to that later.)

So all was not lost. Plus, I was just so relieved that I saw Kon Tiki from the upstairs window and was able to rescue her before she disappeared under the snow.

Oh, and last evening (Sunday, no less, and a Sunday during a snow emergency) I got an unexpected email from one of the lawyers handling my dad’s Estate and they said they had sent me something of his by Registered Mail.

I won’t say exactly what it is, but, wow, I hit the moon! I was just thrilled and it was totally unexpected.

So I ended the evening on a very good note: All the furry critters were safe inside, and my brain was working again, and not absolutely everything of value went to my dad’s stepkids… Yay.

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I guess on that note, I’m gonna get started around here.

The laundry is almost done, and then I have to go outside and start the process of unburying my car so that I can actually use it tomorrow.

And then this coming week, I have 5 regular shifts, and then I have 8 (!!!) days off!!! My stay-at-home-and-write vacation begins!!

Enjoy your Monday, wherever you are in the world. If you’re under snow and ice, stay safe!!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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I leave you with this!

This morning (after yesterday’s post inspired me), this fabulous CD from 1988 went into the kitchen CD player!! I hadn’t heard it in a few years and it was so fun.

So, with Kon Tiki constantly asking to be let out, it was a lively breakfast!

Here’s “Dirty World” by the Traveling Wilburys. I love this song! Enjoy, gang.

“Dirty World”

He loves your sexy body, he loves your dirty mind
He loves when you hold him, grab him from behind
Oh baby, you’re such a pretty thing
I can’t wait to introduce you to the other members of my gang

You don’t need no wax job, you’re smooth enough for me
If you need your oil changed I’ll do it for you free
Oh baby, the pleasure would be all mine
If you let me drive your pickup truck and park it where the sun don’t shine

Every time he touches you his hair stands up on end
His legs begin to quiver and his mind begins to bend
Oh baby, you’re such a tasty treat
But I’m under doctor’s orders, I’m afraid to overeat

He loves your sense of humor, your disposition too
There’s absolutely nothing that he don’t love about you
Oh baby, I’m on my hands and knees
Life would be so simple if I only had you to please

Oh baby, turn around and say goodbye
You go to the airport now and I’m going home to cry
He loves your…

Electric dumplings
Red bell peppers
Fuel injection
Service charge
Five-speed gearbox
Long endurance
Quest for junk food
Big refrigerator
Trembling Wilbury
Marble earrings
Porky curtains
Power steering
Bottled water
Parts and service

Dirty world, a dirty world, it’s a …ing dirty world

c – 1988 Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison