{"id":8320,"date":"2013-04-18T12:42:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T18:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.changespell.com\/wordplay\/?p=8320"},"modified":"2013-04-18T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T19:20:57","slug":"a-snow-snit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.changespell.com\/wordplay\/index.php\/2013\/04\/18\/a-snow-snit\/","title":{"rendered":"A Snow Snit"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Doranna<\/em><\/p>\n

Ahh, yes.\u00a0 April weather.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actually, this whole winter has been like this.\u00a0<\/strong> Achingly little precipitation of any kind, and going into what they’re calling a neutral year.\u00a0 No La Ni\u00f1a, no El Ni\u00f1o.<\/p>\n

When we do get wet stuff, <\/strong>it’s invariably somehow on those days of “zero percent chance of precipitation.”\u00a0 And then it’s just a tease–a taste of what it might be like if it actually snowed<\/em>.\u00a0 Meanwhile the temps are all over the place, from hot to cold and back again.<\/p>\n

Last night, the wood stove was going full blast.\u00a0<\/strong> The night before, I had the bedroom windows open…\u00a0 Today, I freely admit to be hiding from the cold day and the cold wind, when my body was getting used to spring. \u00a0 I haven’t, in any recent days (and also thanks to copyedits), managed to saddle Duncan up and ride.<\/p>\n

This does not please him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And snow in mid-April?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No.\u00a0 DuncanHorse is not pleased.\u00a0 No one, he says, consulted him<\/em>.<\/strong>
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