Uff Da... *

Minneapolis got about 5 inches of snow starting mid-day Thursday and into the overnight hours. Stuff that sticks.

A Twin Cities radio announcer said during the storm that it was the kind of day -- even if you were ready to wave the white flag to Mother Nature finally surrendering to this ongoing winter... well, she wouldn't have seen it anyway.

I sat in rush-hour traffic on the freeways for close to 3 hours, after a 16-year-old driver crossed the median at approximately 3p.m. and slid under an oncoming semi trailer. Fatality reports require extensive documentation, and extensive documentation takes time ... God help the family.

In other news,
it's cold but sunny here in Rice Lake this Saturday morning. Just signed up for two plots in the summer church gardens. The ground is uncooperative, but the desire is strong to dirty the hands, get the cold crops in, and let the life cycle renew once more.

For everyone complaining about the ballgames being cancelled this spring -- pretty much the full outside spring sports schedules for the high schools -- or the golf courses losing money being closed, there's a bodyshop guy or a plow truck driver making overtime this year.

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* That's Nordic for Oy Vey ...