When people ask me what living in Iowa was like, this is one of the stories I will tell. One night, in very early February, a blustery, freezing cold blizzard tore through Iowa City, grabbing up great handfuls of falling snow and flinging them into feet-high drifts, pushing through door screens and clogging tree branches. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘snow’
2 Feb
groundhog blizzard
If I talked to you in the last two days, chances are I used the phrase “not that bad” regarding the snow. I was skeptical and unimpressed. The snow was falling fast, but the flakes were so tiny, and since the wind didn’t start until last night I honestly did not believe the hype. I [...]
31 Jan
and so it begins
CNN has been alternating between coverage of the Egyptian protests and dire Midwestern weather forecasts all day. Hmm . . . a Middle Eastern revolution on the one hand, and meteorology on the other? I guess this is a big storm, a literal storm, indeed a snow storm I would surmise!, we’re talking about. One [...]
21 Jan
the dilema of our times
Temperatures aren’t supposed to break out of the negatives today . . . Unless it starts to snow. Which’ll warm it up. And I’d say, “Thank goodness for my chai lattes” . . . But I already drank it all. And I need more star anise and cardamom pods to make more. To leave the [...]
13 Dec
what i would not call yesterday’s snow
A blizzard A snowpocalypse A snownami A fluridemic At all comparable to what Minneapolis got What I would call yesterday’ snow A wee wonderland Very bitterly cold An argument for pre-salting the driveway and stocking up on groceries As good a reason as any to make sour cream pancakes with sauteed cinnamon-sugar apples
11 Dec
it’s actually snowing: musings and fixings
1. I thought I was hallucinating Saturday morning when I heard the word “Cedar Rapids” drop from the lips of a CNN anchor. Granted, an anchor over at the meteorology desk. But still! She was telling us all about the cold front moving east through Omaha and right into our little college town. And presumably, [...]
23 Feb
oh but it’s cold outside
I am sure none of you will be terribly surprised that we had another snow on Sunday. I’m told this was more of a “March snow,” though — wet and quick to melt — which is a “good sign.” Me, I’m still trying to get over the realization that we’ll get snow in March. But [...]
26 Jan
cracking open julia; or, dinner for the dreary
For those of you who’ve picked up that the blog has been less Iowa City discovery manual, more Don’t go outside! entreaties, in the form of either travel reports or hibernation fare, I confess. I have been slacking on the pioneer mission. But listen, you try going out in this weather. You try confronting zebra-striped [...]
19 Dec
oh, come ON!
Just look at this! No sooner do I blog the teeniest complaint about dirty snow piles does a winter wonderland blow straight into Washington and slap it across the face. I know what you’re thinking. Haven’t we seen this warning before? Yes, this storm is a total copycat. We got that foot-and-change of accumulation, 50 [...]
18 Dec
dirty snow and the art of/in next year
Well the blizzarding had to stop eventually, and eventually it did. We’ve been flurry-free for almost a whole week, and good thing too, for an important week it’s been: a final exam, my last French class with les petits, and early Santa visits to name a few. Of course, we’ve also entered that season of [...]
