Yesterday I attended a memorial service for the mother of a friend. I hadn't known her, but the stories revealed a remarkable woman. She took it as a badge of honor that the Ku Klux Klan burned a cross on her lawn because of her role in desegregating the school system in her town.

The National Weather Service just published a blizzard warning for southern New England. The snow will start mid-afternoon and continue until tomorrow morning. The worst of the storm will be to the southeast of us, toward the Cape, where 20-30 inches of snow is possible; we're expecting 10-20. The winds will be strong and the temperatures low, meeting all of the criteria for a blizzard. It was -10F when I got up this morning and probably won't rise beyond the mid-teens.

We'll visit with A,J,&L this morning in Florence (the village in Massachusetts, not the city in Italy, although A&J did honeymoon in the Florence across the pond. Theirs was the Florence to Florence world tour.) We also have to tend to a couple of errands and then we can settle in for the duration.

When nerds get bored, watch out.