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Though we only got a few hours above fifty degrees (not kidding), we still enjoyed our time in South Carolina. We traded the snow storm in the mid-Atlantic for views like this:
Must say, I got a chuckle out of this:
With snow hitting the mid-Atlantic, we spent a lovely afternoon at the Murrell’s Inlet (SC) Marsh Walk.
Now in South Carolina comes news of a major snowstorm forecast for home - 10-13 inches is the prediction. We may not have true spring weather, but overcast skies and rain sure beat a foot of snow.
Driving south on I-95 you begin seeing billboards for the South of the Border rest stop as you approach the South Carolina state line. Seems wildly inappropriate considering what’s currently happening in this country. (Actually it was inappropriate even before Trump’s mass deportation efforts.)
Strangest thing happened today. I ordered Bernard Darwin’s autobiography from ThriftBooks. It arrived and the cover looked right but inside was Physique and Metaphysique Kantiennes by Jules Vuillemin (in French!). Not sure how such a thing happens, but I’m looking forward to ThriftBooks explanation.
A break in the weather; perhaps a turn towards spring. But for sanity’s sake, I’m mentally preparing for six more weeks of winter. (Just imagine, in a few short months, I’ll be complaining about the heat!)
First day in months it’s been above 50 degrees. It gives me hope that spring is out there somewhere.
Chipping away at my desk, listening to some James McMurtry. I’m struck by the literary quality of his songs. Like father, like son I suppose.
Beautifully broken in a time of absolute disruption.
Ruby is getting over her kennel cough - she’s ready to get back in the game!
Not since Trent Dilfer led the Ravens to victory in Super Bowl XXXV…
The game was a bust, but the halftime show was epic. It felt groundbreaking, both culturally and technically. It was a show in a stadium, but it was no stadium show - it felt as though it was produced exclusively for those watching at home.
Who would have ever thought a show preaching that love is stronger than hate would be controversial? That celebrating Puerto Rico and Latino culture would be political? Despite critics best efforts to “other” him, Bad Bunny’s performance was both unifying and life-affirming.
I didn’t know much about Bad Bunny before Sunday night - but now I know he is a brilliant artist who understood his global audience and the moment.
Our town’s small but mighty Academy Art Museum is definitely punching above its weight:
In celebration of the 100th birthday of groundbreaking American artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), the Academy Art Museum presents Rauschenberg 100: New Connections… Centered on the monumental, one-hundred-foot-long color photograph Chinese Summerhall (1982)—rarely exhibited because of its scale and fragility—the show offers an extraordinary look at Rauschenberg’s first journey to China and his creative partnership with master printmaker and Eastern Shore resident Donald Saff.
A new documentary short tells the story of the world’s longest photo.
For the past five years, a group of Baltimore’s best musicians rooted in the Bluegrass, Irish & Old Time traditions cross the Chesapeake Bay to share their talent and songs at Easton’s Avalon Theater. I look forward to their Across the Harbor show each year, and last night’s was another lovely installment.
Backroads winter travel.
I exhale every time I cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, returning to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. (It’s rare to see this much ice on the bay, though.)
Remnants of the storm. Still sticking around.
Gotta say, winter is getting a little old. Seems as thought we’ve got at least ten more days of Arctic air.
Every yard a skating rink.
Though treacherously icy, there are some beautiful remnants from the weekend’s storm.
We’ve got a good twelve weeks or so before spring really takes hold. Time to hunker down - physically and mentally.
But still, Ruby is shocked to learn an early forecast has up to ten more inches of snow on the way next weekend.
I understand what drives people to move to Florida.
