Definitely winter

I've been under the weather (literally) for a week, and it's getting boring—but also getting slowly better. Winter is definitely back, it has snowed since Tuesday but until this morning the temperature at ground level has been too high for the snow to settle. There is snow on the rooftops down here in the valley and on the hillsides up above.

I have worn my new boots every day, on every occasion that I've left the house. I am pleased and surprised to say that they fit better, and have required less breaking-in, than any pair of shoes that I've ever bought; and am thereby reminded of a comment Zhoen made some months back:

Let's see, you hate shoes, but take no time to make sure they fit properly, take the first pair that seems close and wear it to death, then replace it with an identical crappy pair... Try a running shop, if they have such things there, get your gait examined, proper shoe suggested and fit, and you will have much less trouble later.

You were so right (although my Clarks really are quite good).

In other news today's Friday Favourite is a song from this wonderfully odd album. The mark of its greatness is that it gets both five-star raves and one-star rejections in the customer reviews. If you don't run screaming from this sample, you will greatly enjoy the rest.

Shabbat shalom, my dears.