today on our way to the playgroup our cab drive gave us a little tour of the damage in town -- several houses with the roofs or the siding gone. i heard a piece of plywood flew someone's window. it was the strongest blizzard in the last 30 years.

today was a windless -15C. gorgeous weather. i could live all year with weather like this. seriously.

in writing news: i'm working on my short story collection as a part of the humber college creative writing correspondence course. i'm in a revision mode. i haven't written anything new in weeks. but i have 2 longer stories simmering in my mind, and several flashes, and with them i should be over the 35000 words minimum that is needed for a collection.