Air temperature 40 F, near calm, overcast. Did not drown in a pothole on my newspaper walk. Also, something up in an oak tree on that walk plucked and dismembered a pigeon. Wet feathers everywhere.
Thaw has gotten down to mud and grass in south-facing areas, uncovering the winter's supply of trash and dogshit. This is also the time of year that missing persons start to reappear . . .