Went shopping early. Ended up with a surprising amount of food. Breakfast.
Mailed 16 Still Stepping books including one to Torrey in Australia.
Andrea says Noah and Nyla enjoyed yesterday’s chat. Spent most of day working on blog posts for 2003-4. Spoke with David Ackerman.
Tennis lesson at 4pm. Very strenuous drills serve and volley. Total Tennis continues to be overrun with city folk.
Karen somewhat depressed. More George Gently on TV.
Usual walk loop in the morning.
Noah and Nyla came by around 3pm. We sat out back with the heater for an hour. Louie the dog also came. Chased tennis ball endlessly. We had a very good chat about school, studies, and politics. Karen had to shut me up several times. Noah showed real animation. Nyla always does. It was a buoyant visit.
Sent photos of earlier Christmas tree to Leiden division.
It was snowing when we got up. Decided to tak a walk before breakfast to be sure to get in a walk during the snow fall.
We only walked up to 5th St. and back because it was getting slippery under foot.
Had the usual UTMH team meeting. Very low key and low energy.
Very slow day for us. First time we didn’t put any decorations up.
Ran stopped in the morning. Almost all of the snow was gone. Walked down to the Promenade to look at the river. Flooding.
only slightest sign of the almost 2 feet of snow.
Slow day.
Wrestled with installation on new Mac-Mini in office. Strange flashing on screens. Can’t seem to replicate conditions.
We were planning a dinner outdoors with Dave Drake and Hazel Matera. Cancelled due to virus concerns for Hazel. We had leftover duck and fixing from earlier meal with Dave.
We didn’t wait up for Santa Claus. Lots of rain over night melting away the snow.
Drove down to Harlem to deliver Christmas gifts to Andrea, Noah, and Nyla. Strange exchange on the sidewalk next to their building. Karen had picked out books from her collection to give.
The city came through with their snow blower and dump trucks.
I did some clean up in the back yard.
We had Zoom drinks with Ted and Anne because of some virus exposure on their side. Walking with the next door neighbor and her dog.
Over night almost 22 inches of snow fell. This is as much snow as we had all last winter.
Breakfast view
Neighbor Steve blowing snow up the whole block.
Strange occurrence at breakfastWhen I picked up my coffee cup I noticed it was dripping down the side. On closer examination it was weeping through the side of the cup. Further tests showed that the weeping action occured in the reverse direction, outside in. When tapped on the table it gave the characteristic dull sound of a cracked cup. Micro fractures in action.
Went for abbreviated morning walk. Turned slippery……
