Hey, it snowed last night. I went out in it a minute ago. It's very
slippery and my nose got cold. It's a heavy, wet snow, and it's still
above freezing so it's all drippy and water puddles are melting through
in big patches, but it's still about five inches deep. That's kind of a
lot for around here, in the middle of Arkansas. Used to be you could
rely on 6 inches to a foot of snow in winter, enough to keep you out of
school for a week. Haven't seen that in what seems like decades,
though. Still, I have a lot of nostalgic memories concerning snow, even
though there was seldom that much. One that I recalled earlier was
walking through the neighborhood with family and.. cousins, maybe? Or
was it neighbors? All I remember is they started rolling a big snowball
along the sidewalk at one of the cross streets at the top of the hill.
It just kept getting bigger and bigger, and I was of course very small
at the time, so it seemed like it was about 5 feet tall. I remember
seeing chunks of concrete that it had picked up embedded in the outside.
When they got it to the curb, it was too heavy to roll any farther, so
they just left it to sit there, a giant snow ball on the corner. I
suppose it gradually melted into a giant snow lump.
Also
"Peas and carrots do not make a meal, they make a side dish. And you
can pile up a mound of mashed potatoes, but you're not gonna get any
meat."