Dripping icicles

On February 19th, for the first time ever, many icicles
hung from our rain gutters; some were dripping water.

And here’s a thought for today that reveals a cold, hard truth: “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle. One thing that helps toward it is to keep a diary, or, at any rate, to keep some kind of record of one’s opinions about important events. Otherwise, when some particularly absurd belief is exploded by events, one may simply forget that one ever held it.” — George Orwell, 1946, In Front of Your Nose.

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