Tuesday, 8:45 am: Snow and northern Maine – well there you go. How unique is that? We are prepared for relatively heavy snow, but, as usual, I’ll believe when I see it. In any case the snowblower is filled with gas and ready to roll. Actually I like snow, but anything one likes has to be taken in moderation, which is not one of my stellar virtues.

It’s tax time once again and I don’t think income-tax preparation is embedded in my genetic code. Luckily my wife is getting our receipts and other financial papers sorted out. She has infinitely more patience than I have for such work, and she enjoys the challenge. If she were in the Army I am certain she would be awarded a medal for meritorious achievement.

But for today, I am celebrating my own personal, and very fictitious, holiday; “National Slow Brain Day”. Today, my brain’s synapses and neurons are [again] just trundling along in low gear. Yikes! Am I lazy or what? Then again I am allegedly retired. Life’s always a balancing act between too much and too little. It sounds like material for stand-up comedy. I better leave it to the comedians to decide.

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 5.2° [F.]

Barometer: 30.205 & falling rapidly

Humidity: 79%

Wind: Calm

Visibility: < 1 mile

Skies: 100% low overcast – snowing

Precipitation: It just started snowing

Since midnight:

Low temperature: -3.5° [F.] at 3:07 am

High wind: 2 mph at 8:25 am