The Baron in Winter

08 March, 2006 Temperature: Becoming Irrelevant
When I stepped outside this morning, the fog swirled around me like a shroud. The streetlights wore pale halos, and you could barely see the pavement from forty feet away. The gorgeous blonde dame reached for me through the doorway, whispering, “Be careful out there…”
I looked into her deep blue […]

06 March, 2006 Temperature: 25 degrees F (-4°C)
Old Man Winter stopped by last night, and left an inch-thick blanket of white on the ground. It was only a dusting on the roads this morning, but they were still slippery in spots. It’s nothing we haven’t dealt with before.
It was almost dawn by the time we […]

03 March, 2006 Temperature: 30 degrees F (-1°C)
The morning commute was strange today. It being a Friday, I expected the usual early-risers to be out in force, aggressively forging ahead with their minds on the coming weekend. Much to my surprise, our route was virtually deserted. It was as if everyone who usually drives here on […]

02 March, 2006 Temperature: Above Freezing
Riding to work this morning, I couldn’t keep my mind from wandering. The Baron and I have covered over 9,000 kilometers in our four months together. Today was the First Thursday in March, and you know what that means… This is the last First Thursday we are going to enjoy together. […]

01 March, 2006 Temperature: 31 degrees F (-1°C)
The Baron and I left a half hour late this morning. It takes time to lose an argument with a proud, stubborn woman. Amy insisted that she already feels good enough to go to work today. I insisted she give the antibiotics more time to do their job […]

28 February, 2006 24 degrees F (-4°C)
Well, just as I feared, Amy wouldn’t let me stay home today to take care of her. She had all the help modern pharmaceuticals can provide, and kept the telephone close in case she changed her mind. I think all the positive energy coming from my readers probably helped as […]

Well folks, I have to keep this one short. I have a sick wife to look after.
Amy called me at work, about 2:30 this afternoon, crying. Her head hurt so bad, she couldn’t drive herself to the clinic. I had planned to take the Baron in for a checkup tonight, and a meeting with […]

26 February, 2006 Temperature: 28 degrees F (-2°C)
Spring Fever ought to be listed in the medical journals as a debilitating affliction. It certainly was for me last week.
As I review what I wrote, I remember how tired I felt, sitting here at the keyboard night after night. I see that I was talking about spring […]

24 February, 2006 Temperature: 18 degrees F (-8°C)
Well, it’s been an interesting couple of days. Fatigue has been stalking me lately, as I just can’t seem to sleep through the night. I don’t know if it’s spring fever or what, but my mind races after the lights go out. I keep thinking of the places […]

22 February, 2006 Temperature: Getting warmer…
It is snowing outside as I type this. I feel good about that. I don’t think we are going to see any accumulation, but I don’t really think it’s time for OMW to throw in the towel just yet. OMW, of course, is my abbreviation for Old Man Winter. You know, […]