We experienced quite a snow storm yesterday. Because it was Friday, and the snowstorm was going to hit in the afternoon, I knew it was going to be unwise to drive into work. Fridays are always the worst for getting home. So, I took the train. Jonathan and Evan dropped me off at the train station in the morning (apparently Evan cried when I jumped out of the car, because he wanted to go with me) and they picked me up in the afternoon. Evan loves watching the train come and go.

The snow storm finally stopped overnight, and this morning, we walked down to the new High School and went sledding! Even though we didn’t own a sled, we brought a breakfast tray, and some nice people let us borrow their sled for a few runs.

Evan enjoyed himself. He especially loved throwing snowballs, which he called “you snowball me and I’ll snowball you,” a phrase from one of his favorite books, Snow Bears.

Our town newspaper recently upgraded its website, along with all of the other towns with newspapers owned by the same publisher. The website was more like a blog, with articles being posted throughout the week and commenting turned on. I was excited about reading direct feedback from the community on the issues and events being reported. But I was not very pleased with some of the things I read and the editor just turned off commenting. I’m not surprised. Along with the recent presidential primary, we had primaries for our new state representative… and people were “expressing their opinions” about the candidates quite liberally.

I am disappointed in my town, and I wish that people hadn’t acted so childishly.

Scott and Melissa just had their baby girl! Congratulations!!! Little Alex is gorgeous and we wish the best to her and her mom and dad!