Last week was a pretty busy week – any time you add a funeral service into the mix, the calendar tends to bet a little bit crowded.  Tuesday evolved into a longer day than usual – it happens when one’s wife gets sick on a day that starts with the dentist and ends at the dance studio.  So, yesterday I took the day off.

They say things tend to go in spurts. In an NBA game a 20-point lead can evaporate in minutes. It is easier to win game seven in a winning streak than game two. Funerals often come in threes. I think I just may be in the midst of one of those spurts this week!

 It has been a long time – at least according to my limited memory – since we have had a January like this.  Overnight temperatures in single digits on a regular basis, and it is not even supposed to reach 20 degrees until this weekend.  And when was the last day we did not see at least a few snow flurries in the air?  This is what I would call an “authentic winter.”

 I wonder if anything special occurred on Sunday night in the lives of the people in the 100-plus car pileup they were in on the west side of our state on Monday morning?  I wonder how they are all doing today after their long and winding event on Monday?   Since this news story I have personally heard three additional winding tales that look to be long … and I am wondering if any of us will encounter any surprising/shocking turns this day?

I got up a little after 5:00 a.m. yesterday to take my walk and the weather was beautiful.  The temperature was about 40 degrees.  The breeze was practically non-existent.  I found myself over-dressed, even with my light-weight gloves.  And, by the time I was showered and in my car, the colors of the eastern sky were gorgeous.