Where's Some Global Warming When You Need It?

I am too cold to blog. My fingers are still tingly and numb. I spent the day walking around the antique fair in Ardingly, where I observed the effect of the economic downturn first hand. No one was buying anything, including me. I literally couldn't count change with my frozen fingers. I passed up a deal on a 19C Windsor chair for £35. Instead I went to the indoor marquee where I bought a marmalade pot for £7. But the guy had to dig the change out of my coin purse, since I couldn't feel anything through two layers of gloves.

So now the only thing to do is make soup. I have kale, onions, white beans, and a jar of sundried tomatoes I'd forgotten about. I will probably chop my fingers off. Check back for blood later.

Comments

[Anke]

So this cold has a grip on all of Europe? This is the coldest weather we have had forever. Today we went for a walk for two hours at -14°C, that's around 0 Fahrenheit. There are still some parts of me that have yet to thaw again, haha

[KathyF]

Yes, this is a good time to explore the southern hemisphere, isn't it?

I can't imagine being out in -14. But I do remember living in Wisconsin when it was that cold, and the Germans we invited over for Thanksgiving wanted to go out and walk! We did, and it felt great.

[Gridlock]

That's a hell of a long trip for some Turkey and a walk.

[KathyF]

Ha ha, they were students in Madison, and my husband insisted on serving them real turkey, even though at the time I had just become veg. I remember insisting that we say a prayer for the turkey who gave his life. Not sure if that put a damper on the experience or not.

There was also an English woman there, who I remember was a vegetarian also.

[Gridlock]

I appreciate the French attitude to vegetarianism - total lack of understanding and repeated entreaties to please, eat some meat, you're all skin and bones, etc. I genuinely don't think they can tell the difference between a vegetarian and a fussy eater.

[KathyF]

Yeah, my daughter ran into those attitudes in France recently. That's okay; we'll live longer and celebrate la joie de vivre while they're rotting underneath their cathedrals.

[Anke]

Update on coldest temperatures: On Wednesday morning I wanted to catch the train to Leipzig where I live and work during the week. It was 6.30 in the morning, -20°C, and the train was 30 minutes late... Compared to that, a walk at -14°C was a walk in the sun, literally.

Haha, and your German guest wanted to go outside and walk in the cold. I guess that's very German :-). Maybe that's why we need to drink all that beer, to numb the pain of frozen limbs...

[KathyF]

Okay, I won't complain, even though today was another very cold day. It hovered around 0 all day, and when I forgot a scarf on my walk I really felt it!

Life on an island does have some advantages.