We had a brief thunderstorm last night, strong winds, and Mom lost power for the first time since moving here.

Finished reading Mordew by Alex Pheby; I finished the story about a week ago actually, but I’ve been slowly picking my way through the apocrypha at the end of the book. I picked it up solely for its Feiffer-esque front cover and the description on the back. It was Weird, grotesque, such that after I started reading it at bedtime, I had bizarre dreams inspired by book imagery, and thus banished it from the bedroom. Was it good, did I enjoy it? I’m not sure, but it was definitely compelling, and I’ll probably read his next book after some time detoxing from this one.

Mom and the dude came over for dinner (carbonnade flamande with Brussels sprouts).

Went to the Flower and Garden Festival with Meghan again.

Sent out a couple more resumes, hopefully (and seemingly?) easier each time.

Tonight’s kitchen victory: pasta with quick-’n’-easy meat sauce, and roasted broccoli: the first time using the new range.

Tonight’s kitchen victory: fried rice, the last batch I’ll cook on this stove, which has served us well for 20 years.

Current earworm: “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys.

Played Magic last night with Greg, his son, and the dude.

Got another few inches of snow last night, probably the last for a while.

We got snow showers over the course of the day yesterday, then 3″ overnight. The bambina has had only one partial day of school so far this week.

Finished reading The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden, followup to The Bear and the Nightingale. I enjoyed this one, too, and it had more consistent drive than the first, but Arden relied on a particular plot contrivance trope a little too often for my taste.

There was a dusting of snow yesterday, and then maybe a half inch to an inch overnight, enough at least to delay school (though the bambina is sick).

Meghan and I saw the dude this afternoon.

Brief snow this morning; pretty, and no accumulation.