2026 Life Logs, Day 26: Snow Day
Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Weather: Overcast, with a Bit More Snow; High Temp 32, Low 12 degrees F
Location: At Home with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
This was an official snow day. No school. Very little traffic in town. Just snow plows.
Today I continued shoveling the walkway to my house from my temporarily non-existent driveway. The driveway is just a field of snow right now except for the narrow path out to the street made by my neighbor Andy with his snow blower. Thank you, Andy.
Shadow and I trudged through the deep, wet snow early this morning to get out to the street so we could walk, but it was truly a struggle. So, thank you to my good neighbor. Shadow and I left a few brownies in a container on his doorstep. And I know his day started by waking up to the walkway up to his door being shoveled by an anonymous neighbor. Seems like the snow brings out the best in all of us.
The day was uneventful. Just shoveling snow, taking a rest, then shoveling more snow. Then tonight I was on two different Zooms dealing with knowing your rights and legally recording during protests or during an ICE raid. It is so sad that we all need to do this training, but we do. What has happened in Minnesota could happen anywhere, and each of us needs to be prepared.
But this evening, as the snow began to fall once more, we got good news in that Greg Bovino, Border Patrol agent who is pure evil, is being taken out of Minnesota, sent back to his post in California, and is expected to be retiring soon. There are other indications that at least some of the other 3,000 agents in Minnesota are being withdrawn as well. Who knows where they will be sent next. But for the people of Minnesota this is very good news.
I am headed out to shovel the walkway one more time before heading to bed. We are headed into a week with the high temperature not getting above 32 degrees F. Whatever is left out there tonight, is going to be frozen that way for a few days, and I don’t want a frozen walkway! And by the way, Shadow doesn’t love the deep snow, but he loves running in the cleared pathways.
Grandkid Update. Jonah has had three wonderful days with friends in New Hampshire snowboarding day and night. They will be returning home tomorrow morning. Ollie’s allergic reaction is no better, but no worse. He will be seeing a PA in his orthopedist’s office tomorrow, who will unwrap his arm, clean the area thoroughly, and then wrap it back up again. This is being done to try and get rid of the irritant causing allergic reaction. Somehow, he is still keeping his positive attitude. Go, Ollie!
