I'm thankful that the snow pack is deep and growing, [View all]

[LWolf]

and I'm hoping it will stay there long enough to be helpful to our forests and water shed later in the year, I say, as I watch the heavy snow falling and realize I haven't had a full, uninterrupted week in my classroom since the week of December 5th, and my district SHOULD have called school and/or delayed the school start like every single other district around us did even then. We may be in school well beyond our scheduled last day next June.

For the first time in my decades-long career, I had to take emergency leave yesterday because I couldn't get out; my driveway is 100 yds long. I got stuck trying. It took all day and a bunch of help to get me unstuck and get the driveway plowed; now it's falling again, and who knows if I'll be able to make it out tomorrow.

For today, though, I'm good. I've got groceries, the wood stove is going, I've done the barn chores, and I'm got a pot of tea steaming and a stack of books.