We are at the beginning of the year’s first serious winter storm, and an ice storm at that. The forecast has been dire for a couple of days, culminating this afternoon with a freezing rain warning beginning at 6:00. Sibylle and I rushed out to the nearby grocery store for supplies (along with half the city it seemed) and then to the laundromat to dry some clothes. As we left the laundry the rain started. By the time we arrived home ten minutes later it was already starting to glaze the pavement and trees. We put a couple of pieces of cardboard over our windshields hoping to minimize the amount of chipping in the morning, all the while feeling the pavement under us getting slippery and slippery. I think the morning will bring an icy beauty and treacherous travel.
