Morning Coffee

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

The Big Dig (Out)

There is over 2' of snow on our side street (up past my knee!), not counting the drifts. I tried to walk to the corner to take some photos, but it got too deep to move through.

Looking North.

The side entrance...

Looking South.

On the plus, the town finally opened up the center of the road in front of our home. Going to wait until they do that side street before we attempt to dig ourselves out any further.

Morning Coffee Roundup - February 24

Roads have not yet been plowed, so a good morning for a pot of coffee and to scan though funny and interesting things to share...

Thank you, Wiley.

It's these little things in life...

GREAT take down of Twitter by John Oliver, of how the

platform is nothing more than a fire hydrant for

political disinformation and toxic rage. I have family

and acquaintances who insist on sending me links from

there. I just delete them and tell them, "No thanks".

And finally, the SOTU is tonight.

Personally, when SCROTUS is on,

we choose the OTHER red button on the remote.

Monday, February 23, 2026

The Blizzard of '26.

Outside the back door.

A view down our street.

The driveway... my gym is now open.

Opened up enough to get the old Toro out!

A bit of an overhang...

Driveway done, and we beat the town plows.

Stopped right at the curb.

All in all, about 28" of new snow with a

1" ice pack on the base. Glad we cleared this today!

The sun has set. The storm is gone.

Nary a plow truck in the neighborhood.

Time to call it a night.

Balalaika time...

Days like today make me want to watch "Doctor Zhivago" and practice the balalaika...

The view outside our patio door onto our deck.

The back yard (covered patio from first photo)
(from under eave security camera)

View of the street through the front door.

Side entrance view before...

Side entrance view during...
(another under eave security camera shot;
door has snow 1/2 way up)

Side view of house before...

Side view of house during...

It's been a good morning for a pot of tea (not my usual coffee). Power went out (so far) for all of about 15 seconds. Just enough to reset every clock in the house. Local meteorologists are saying this won't begin to subside until early afternoon and the wind won't let up until tonight.

We certainly have a good 16" of snow on top of what we had from last weeks storm.

But we're in. Safe.

Nesting upward,
Rade

Monday

Blizzard Day in Rhode Island.

And some "High Brow" entertainment to keep us sane...

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Sunday Morning Sip

Sunday... Sunday... Sunday... coffee...

Not big enough...

Ah yup.

Well... I am an asshole, just not that kind of asshole.

Between the disapproving look from my eyes,
the tense clench of my jaw and my
near imperceptibly mumbling "Holy fuck!" under my breath,
I'm finding hiding my thoughts in public is nearly impossible.

I do not want to know the amount of money
that fucker grifted since landing his fat ass
back in office.

Winter ends soon.

I have my "Morning when you first pee" pill.
Then the "Morning before you eat" pills.
Then the "Take after dinner" pills
Then the "Take before bedtime" pills.
The "getting old" shit if for the birds.

I have entered the phase of calling everyone
"Sweetie", "Dearie" and "Hon."

Thank you, Wiley.

But "Are you fucking kidding me?" is taken.

Ah-yup.

And left him some fur!

Applies to so many things.

Some food for thought.

My husband and I watched the Netflix series
"Living to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones" by Dan Buettner.
A lot of this YouTube video jibes with that series.
Just good advice on taking care of yourself, your life and your community.
I certainly don't plan to live to 100, but if I can
make these last decades on Earth a bit... healthier...
comfortable, functional... I'll take it.