by Jude Cowell
Member since:
February 23, 2006

Winter Gathering interrupt-us

December 02, 2006 02:42 PM UTC (Updated: December 03, 2006 08:00 PM UTC)
views: 0 | comments: 16

Today I type with mittens on

heat and sunshine both are gone

winter's rattle has descended

all my Gather plans upended.

 

Snowflakes fall upon the brow

power outage threatens now

Gather postings soon be ceased

from addiction I'm released!

 

Disclaimer:

Actually it's a chilly but sunny day here in Ga, but this could and has happened here! Snow or ice storms tend to lead to power outages around these parts, just as anywhere else, so it's in the realm of possibility for winter 2006.

Our longest outage was 4 days back in the Blizzardo Diablo snowstorm of March 1992 or '93--it's just a vague, fuzzy, but bad memory now, but if you've ever had the power to a waterbed heater interrupted for 4 days, you may know what it's like to wake up surrounded by a moat of water once the electricity to the heater is back on--the rubbery mattress "sweated" drops of water until I was almost steambaked while innocently snoozin'...so where's my T-shirt reading,

I Survived Blizzardo Diablo...? I wonder myself, so well you may. And confessionally I must suppose I might've been okay steambaked with a light curry sauce over all but this we may never know since the offending waterbed is long gone and good riddance. 

So if the above poetry scribble becomes necessary to activate, there will hopefully be just enough time to post an alert...(hay-yelp!) but if not, see you on the other side, Gatherers...and keep snug!

Brrrrfully,

Jude (dreaming of *snowflakes)

 

Read about the current wintry misery here: http://my.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20061202/45710850_3ca6_15526200612021681974585 ...so far thirteen deaths have been blamed upon this system (Sunday evening: last I heard: fifteen.)

*Adding a new drawing: 'snowy path' to celebrate the season!

More moon art to be found at: http://secretmoonart.blogspot.com

 

 

Comments: 16

sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. Dec 2, 2006, 2:49pm UTC
I know how you feel! In 93 we had blizzards in winter and floods in summer. I hated that year!
Tonia, who hugs trees G. Dec 2, 2006, 2:52pm UTC
The storm system of which you speak has just passed our way - it was cold but pretty and brief -- may the same be true for you.
Jude Cowell Dec 2, 2006, 2:54pm UTC
Ah hah! Thanks, Sheila--perhaps it was March 1993--the thing is, forecasters have been overcautious ever since because they Totally Missed Blizzardo Diablo!
Jude Cowell Dec 2, 2006, 2:56pm UTC
Thank you, Tonia--glad you're okay and power-full!
Donna M. Dec 2, 2006, 3:13pm UTC
Know what you mean - it started out here in WA state, and there are some area's in the San Juans that are still with out power...have been all week...but most of those people are use to being a little isolated so have fireplaces, and gas generators to at least take care of the warmth and cooking needs...but today is cold but the sun is shining and has been gone all week so it feels like a heat wave...! stay warm
Leigh V. Dec 2, 2006, 4:13pm UTC
We all take the conveniences of life for granted until we don't have them, like electricity, that's a big one. I can't blow dry and curl my hair, can't get on the computer, can't see at night w/o candles and can't watch tv or listen to music unless we have batteries. By the way, I like your article.
Jennifer K. Dec 2, 2006, 4:15pm UTC
Ha, I like this little poem! PERFECT!
♯ ♪ Dec 2, 2006, 4:55pm UTC
I love how you southerners are so delicate. I remember once (I think in 1997?) we were passing through Atlanta and the temperature dropped to about 30 and it started snowing. It paralyzed the whole city! But we had fun! I commiserate with you; I hate being cold. Hope you warm up soon!
Jude Cowell Dec 2, 2006, 5:29pm UTC
Thanks, Ladies! My pre-commiserating with myself is a new wrinkle even for me. Ok, maybe not. Pre-moaning snowflakes, I guess.

Joanne, I've never heard 'delicate' used for southerners ha ha..as delicate as a steel magnolia (they say!) ;) You and Donna keep snuggly warm, too!

Leigh that's exactly what I say to people who moan--you only miss elecrictiy when it's gone, etc. So true! Our aging power grids that can be taking out by frisky squirrels tripping transformers--who are the energy barons foolin' with THAT one, I wonder? They should try spending some of their mega-moola on delivering the product, I think.

Thanks, Jennifer! Wearing your fur-lined slippers, I hope!

I'm about to edit and add a link to an AP article on the mayhem this storm system has caused...someone now without electricity/computer may read it later and say, hmmmph! what was SHE beefin' about? But my turn may be next...
Jude Cowell Dec 2, 2006, 5:40pm UTC
~juni--YOU were in DC in '96 with a waterbed?? I had cleared out o'there by '75, so it's good to know who moved on in....
;)
Jude Cowell Dec 2, 2006, 5:43pm UTC
just noticed my creative spelling of 'electricity' in the above comment--must've been a squirrel tripping my wires for a second...keyboard interruptus caused by brain interruptus.
Gary D. Dec 2, 2006, 6:57pm UTC
nice little poem Jude, i wanted to write one for my first white Xmas but every time i think about it is not in the right place. or i am just waiting for more life experiances. But i like yours very nice
Jude Cowell Dec 2, 2006, 8:07pm UTC
Thanks, Gary! When was your first white Christmas?
Truth Always Dec 2, 2006, 8:28pm UTC
we just cant predict mother nature.. It is rough to go without electric. We have become a nation totally depending on modern items.
Jude Cowell Dec 2, 2006, 8:51pm UTC
and there's the rub, vickey, isn't it?

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