Moon sets, sun rises

Air temperature 37 F, wind southwest about 4 mph, clear sky after light overnight rain. Remnant snow shrinks daily. Have circumnavigated the house for the first time since December. And picked up some of the winter wind's gift of trash.

Wilful ignorance

We have this thing going on in Maine, parents complaining that school counselors are not notifying them about things going on with their children. And a lot of people refuse to recognize that the children aren't telling their parents about those things because they are afraid . . .