The snow doesn’t give a soft white damn whom it touches*
by chuckofish
Yes, yesterday we had a blizzard.
I ventured out in my trusty college boots, but the snow was way over the rolled cuffs of my jeans and the wind was howling so I headed back inside.
I put away the rest of the Christmas decorations–back to the basement–and tidied up. A blizzard is a great time to get one’s house back in order.
I also responded to some new interest in my old blogpost on the Sand Creek Massacre. The comments section was blowing up! I heard from a Japanese-American who lived as a child in the Amache Internment Camp during WWII and also from a retired history teacher who lived in Lamar, Colorado. It is amazing how the internet connects people.
Blizzards are also excellent for encouraging reading without guilt. I finished re-reading Sackett by Louis L’Amour. L’Amour, you will recall, was the author of 89 novels, 14 short-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction and was considered “one of the world’s most popular writers” during his lifetime. A lot of what he wrote is not that great, but I like Hondo and Sackett. As I have said before, sometimes you are just not in the mood for great literature and need a good yarn.
“People who live in comfortable, settled towns with law-abiding citizens and a government to protect them, they never think of the men who came first, the ones who went through hell to build something.
“I tell you, ma’am, when my time comes to ride out, I want to see a school over there with a bell in the tower, and a church, and I want to see families dressed up of a Sunday, and a flag flying over there. And if I have to do it with a pistol, I’ll do it!”
Sackett–a man after my own heart.
Today, of course, is a snow day as there is no getting out of our driveway. Daughter #2 and I shall attempt to clear it. Onward and upward.
*e.e. cummings
dual personalities 
I hope you are staying cozy warm! And it’s great that you have gotten so much interest in the Sand Creek post. I’ll have to remember to tag my ‘history’ posts — I never seem to. Oh, well.
Susie and I are shoveling 12″ of snow off our our large driveway, so we are not cozy warm…yet. I have had to come in twice–once for my hands and then for my feet! Yikes. But there is a part of me that likes to get out and shovel snow so I am focusing on that. Hopefully there will be a fire in the fireplace at the end of our struggles!