Cold? Well, yeah...

When I moved here to Nashville some people told me "well, it does get cold here", but I kinda brushed it off because I figured they were talking about temperatures in the 30s, perhaps. They were right. We've had temperatures in the teens for lows with wind chills close to rivaling the Twin Cities. I thought I left all that behind. Thus I am grateful I did not leave behind my black parka for those days. I was almost missing the "big black bear", my 3/4 length down coat which was given away before the move.

But I do comfort myself with a couple of things: one, it is usually 20 degrees colder in the Twin Cities than it is here, and two, I know that warmer weather and spring will come here when it's supposed to.

By the way, it's supposed to be back in the 60s this week.

Happy New Year...

Well, the holidays are over and soon we will be back to normal routines and of course, normal traffic levels around here. Admittedly, it did feel like Minnesota around here the last couple of days, with low temps in the teens. The folks here sure didn't take well to that. I assured them they haven't really felt true cold, pointing out that the low overnight temperature would be the high for the day in St. Paul. I will say this: I don't think too many of these buildings here are set up for this kind of cold snap. Tried as my furnace did, my apartment hasn't been quite up to the task. Even my car, which granted no longer has the luxury of a garage, hesitated a bit ("C'mon car! You're supposed to start right up! You're a native Minnesotan!").

Good news for my podcast: it got over 9,000 plays last year and when the monthly stats were reset on my host site, Cyberears, it initially came in at #5 in its top 10rankings. (Then it dropped off, then went as high as #3, then back to #5, since stats change by the moment. But it's all good.)

My resolution for this year, if I have any, is to just put one foot in front of the other each day and walk through life as best I can. I will also be working on my newfound hobby, studying alternative medicine and getting my own self in shape (keep eating an alkaline diet, continue my daily walking, more raw and green foods...things everyone should be doing).

Happy New Year, everybody!