We had a significant snow dump right after Christmas. winter has been pretty steady for us so far here in the U.P. We’ll continue to have some snow through May, and it’s not at all unlikely that we’ll still have some chunks of ice floating in Lake Superior in June.
I’m not complaining. The city keeps our streets ploughed. Our heating works well where we live. A few inches of fresh snow last week looks pretty from my window. Yesterday, hubs and I went for a drive just for fun before pulling into a favorite restaurant for supper. The snow looks nice from our windows and the city takes care of snow ploughing for us. Looking pretty is all the snow we need.
We’ve lived up north for 16 years and we’re happy here. But, Tennessee will always be home for me. Checking the Weather Channel and Facebook, and saying lots of prayers, is how I’m staying close right now to my kith and kin and holding them close in my heart. My family and friends down south don’t get anywhere near the amount of snow we do each winter, but the amount they do get is worrisome for them.
There’s no physical storm in my WIP, but some family and personal storms. I’m trying to draw on that underlying anxiety in writing some scenes in my new book, which is moving slower than I’d like. But, I am making progress.
If the snow keeps it up outside my window overnight, I’ll snuggle up with my cushiest pillows and invoke the nearness of my imaginary comfort llama.
Please share in comments if you live in storm-affected areas or have family who do. It’s hard feeling helpless and distant in times like this.
Chicks on the Case 
There’s almost no snow here
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Happy New Year, Tom! And congrats on being a Bouchercon anthology finalist!
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Vickie, what a cozy post! Your town sounds so lovely–has Hallmark been filming there, ha? I’m your almost-weather-twin here in NH, but our towns are spread fairly far apart (we don’t have any large cities) so people tend to hibernate. (Or hit the ski slopes/snowmobile trails.) It’s a great time to work on the WIP. I leave my fairy lights in fake greenery boughs on til spring.
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I love the sparkle of fairy lights in the winter!
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We had snow here on the Big Island last week! It was at the top of 14,000-foot-high Maunakea, and arrived via a storm that dumped about 8 inches of rain on the eastern side of our beautiful island (we got 2 1/2 inches here in Hilo over one day).
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Wow!
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Doesn’t snow over here; I had friends who made a trip in Jan to Lake Arrowhead, expecting snow, but nope. (They made do with some man-made white fluff.)
We did, though, have a lot of rain around Christmas. It’s a bit tricky when it’s raining since some areas aren’t that prepared for the wet, and some drivers (including myself) aren’t as well.
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Glad your rain has turned more pleasant, Jen.
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Thank you!
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Ahem, work in progress, you say?! We want details!!
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Vickie, your town looks like Bedford Falls in IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE! We had a ton of rain here in SoCal, but dodged major disasters – for a change. Now it’s sunny and comfy. Which I’ve gotten used to over the years, lol.
Glad you’re working on a new book. Go for it!
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Happy birthday, dear Ellen!!
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We have a dusting now, but we did have a storm that dumped almost 10″ in some areas in early December. It had all melted by Christmas.
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Howdy, Chicks and other writer pals! Hubs and I landed home from Christmas more coughing than cozy. I think our sickness is starting to clear up a bit.
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Oh no! Hope you two feel 100% soon!
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