Hell of a day out there, considering it’s almost 5 days into January. But I always remember that the first week of January can be mild. I remember with odd vividness, closing the door to a small rental van full of my belongings and getting sopping wet from melting ice off the roof of the Old Jail Hostel in Ottawa. I had quit my managing job of that 160+ year old hotel for travellers and was moving back to Toronto at the start of a new year and a new life bla bla bla. How very Mary Tyler Moore!<\/p>\n

Today Sharkboy and I are walking through the park to work:<\/p>\n

“Beauty day!” I offer.<\/p>\n

“Yup.” Pause. “You’re not going to go all Al Gore on me, are you?”<\/p>\n

“Nah. But this whole warm thing makes me think of Joan Crawford.” I say, staring at a semi-fat squirrel trying to decide weather or not to remove Hidden Nut #223 for consumption.<\/p>\n

“How so?” <\/p>\n

“I see the earth as Joan Crawford these days. She’s all sweetness and light but one day she’s going to burst into our rooms and start hitting us with stuff.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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