Last night the temperature dipped to single digits in a clear night. December is the time for the Geminids, shooting stars on which to wish for money, money, money.
Yesterday I took a walk on the iced frosting of the cookie woods. All that moisture in the ground erupts through the frozen soil, just begging to be inspected like a physics problem.
Yesterday I took a walk on the iced frosting of the cookie woods. All that moisture in the ground erupts through the frozen soil, just begging to be inspected like a physics problem.
Instead of walking in the woods during a day with temperatures in the low 20s, it is another travel day with a destination in the high 40s. This time the bus, the airplane, and the rental car will be the modes of transportation. Much better to watch the Geminids at 45 degrees than 8 degrees. Easier money.
Did you know...
ReplyDelete-Cookie comes from the Dutch koekje, the diminutive of koek (cake).
-And Mr. Webster defines cookie as a small flat or raised cake.
-Is this not so subtle cookie referencing an attempt to minimize the cake obsession, or to continue to cling to the cake craving?
-Frost heaves is what they call your ice phenomena in Alaska. While you see frosting, I see earth puke. The regurgitation of the excess. Potato-Potahto...