This week the show is titled "Gateway to the South" (see description below) but I have to admit Russ Ringsak got me right in the heart. I somehow missed his update from January 8, but the temp is still so cold it rings true:
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A few nights later I sat looking out on a pure northern backyard of fresh crystalline whiteness, lying beneath a large and warm-looking moon, trees throwing big bent shadows around. It was utterly still, so soundless it seemed like traffic had come to a standstill for forty miles all around.
It was below zero. Still as death out there on the back hill, rising as if to meet the big moon partway. But it wasn't like death out there. It was death itself.
Oh man, I have to thank Russ for that imagery and reality. If you've never spent some time with the Prairie Home Trucker, explore his words.
Meanwhile and up-to-date the crew is in warmer climes. They're in Louisville, a place I'd actually like to see even if I'm just passing through. Their city site is offering tips on dealing with frigid weather which is relative folks - remember that 17 deg is cold for them. Looks like tomorrow will be in the 30s. Anyway the rundown is probably more interesting than my weatherbabble, so here it is:
This week on A Prairie Home Companion we're live from the Palace Theater in Louisville, Kentucky. With special guests, honky tonk angel and 65th member of the Grand Ole Opry; Patty Loveless, and genre-defying Kentucky singer-songwriter Brigid Kaelin. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and The News from Lake Wobegon.
Sounds like a good time in a (relatively) warmer clime. Are you dreaming of somewhere with softer air? Or maybe you can relate to Russ' wintry description, there's no wrong answer in this discussion.
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and the weather:
. at the moment I am in Ireland, where a bright clear morning at the airport has given way to buckets of rain (not unusual), sleet (sort of unusual), and forecasts of winds up to 110 miles per hour over night and tomorrow. right now I think they are about 40 mph and eventually I'll have to go out in that, so watching out the window with interest. northern Europe *is* really windy in winter, but, strongest I've seen has been 90mph. note that's miles, not kilometers, per hour. that was last winter, turned over semis on one the main highways and nearly sank several ferries and tankers. Ice (not wildly unusual) and snow (that's a bit more rare though it does happen) in the forecast over the next two days. I'm in the east, stronger stuff yet is forecast for the western counties. winter all over the northern hemisphere...
Why spend money to fly to Tuesday's weather?
Hey Kerry, thanks for pointing out the Gather article. The link didn't work for me but I think this one might. Hope you're still cozy against the elements now a couple days later!
I hear ya, Greg. If you're going to fly, why not choose somewhere a little more Puerto Rico?