The end of all things

Air temperature 25 F, wind northwest about 8 mph, fair skies. Supposed to cloud up this afternoon, snow showers tonight. Subzero temperatures forecast for the end of the week. Freeze that damned groundhog if he sticks his nose out of his burrow.

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Culture wars also have collateral damage.

Community good

We have an addition to our kitchen window scene -- American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) has discovered the sunflower seed-ball. Due to the snowdrifts from roof clearance, we now are within hopping range. I'd expected the gray squirrels to make use of this resource, but so far no.

Due to the afore-mentioned drifts, that feeder may not be refilled.

Periodic comment

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.”