1. When I went to bed last night, several inches of dry light snow covered the sidewalks and I thought more snow would fall overnight. I leapt out of bed around 6:00 this morning and the sidewalks looked unchanged. I bundled up, shoveled ours and Christy's sidewalks, and enjoyed how I felt after this moderate work out.
Later, the sun appeared and the light coating of snow I couldn't remove with a shovel melted.
Awesome.
2. Leah Sottile told me on her Substack page that she would congratulate me for having read all the books on her list of commendable 21st century books by sending me a signed copy of her first book, When the Moon Turns to Blood. I asked her to send me the paperback edition. I have, and I read, the hardback and I knew the paperback edition included a new Afterword that Sottile wrote after Lori Vallow's trial and sentencing.
The signed book arrived today.
I read the Afterword.
It's grisly.
She describes the depraved crime scene pictures that were presented in court.
Equally disturbing to me were Sottile's descriptions of Lori Vallow's psychopathy and narcissism.
She presented herself in court as utterly disconnected from the murders she participated in of her own children.
3. I cannot explain why, but when I had surgery in May of 2024, and returned home, I didn't resume my routine of working New York Times crossword puzzles.
Today I resumed -- in fact, I worked this week's Monday through Thursday's puzzles, woke up shortly after midnight, couldn't get back to sleep, and worked most of the Friday, Feb 7th puzzle.
It felt satisfying to work crosswords again and very well could be that my daily routine will now include Wordle, Quordle, Waffle, Connections, Strands, and the daily crossword.
Sounds fun.
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