Can it be? I'm actually blogging? After more than a year?

Well here I am sitting in Wayward Coffeehouse, watching the snow continue to fall on a Sunday morning after receiving more snow than we've had in all my ten years in Seattle. It's probably somewhere around 6-8 inches, which isn't a lot compared to winters back east, or in the midwest or Colorado, but it is insane for Seattle to have this much snow. They don't have the kind of snow-removal equipment necessary to get us dug out. Usually when we get a little snow it melts in a day or two. But we had a couple of inches on Wednesday night, and the roads were a sheet of ice for three days while the temperatures were in the teens to mid-20s. Then this on top of that. I'm watching the cars go by on Greenwood Ave., which is a major arterial, and it's completely snowpacked. Most of the cars have chains.

So I found my old snow boots and took a walk over here. As I walked down my driveway, a woman was walking past, listening to something on headphones. We exchanged good mornings, and she said she was listening to something about the guy who ripped off all those millionaires. (She was talking about Madoff.) And she said, "You know, they were all these millionaires who lost all their money. Must be the Lord telling them to care about something besides money." And I said "Whatever," and walked off into the street (because it was snowpacked for easier walking), thinking about the charities and organizations who lost money because of what Madoff did. Then the woman called to me from the sidewalk, where she was trudging along, "Is it easier walking out there?" I replied, "I'm surprised the Lord didn't show you the way."

I worked from home on Thursday and Friday last week. POP was supposed to have our holiday party on Friday night, but it was canceled, so I invited a few folks from work over instead, and none of them made it, because the roads were just too treacherous.

Yesterday I watched WALL-E and A Little Romance. I never got around to seeing WALL-E in the theatres. I enjoyed it a lot. I saw A Little Romance on TV years ago, and loved it, but forgot most of what happens. It's an utterly charming movie, maybe one of my all-time favorite romantic movies.

I thought I might go to a movie today; the Oak Tree theatre is within walking distance. So I checked out what's playing there. Six movies, average Metacritic score: 45. I think I'll pass.

So I'll check out what's available on Netflix instant-view. And otherwise have a peaceful day at home. Laundry. Cleaning. Pretty much like every other Sunday.