Baby it is cold out there!

Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation. ~ Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)

Brr!!! It is a Winterpeg day here. I was out earlier today but have snuggled in for the evening. I was supposed to be out but the person I was meeting had car troubles and had to wait two hours for the tow truck to arrive. By then it was too late to catch the music performance I wanted to see. I called some other friends but most of them were hunkered down, too.

Weather—too hot or too cold, snow, rain, sleet—it is the topic of conversation for sure many times. Small talk. Sometimes it is a way to engage complete strangers in conversation. I remember in Nairobi coming out of the mall after lunch one day behind a Kenyan man. He ducked down and held his hands over his head. Puzzled, I looked at him as though something had fallen on his head. He turned to me and moaned, “It is much too hot out here!” Not so for me since I was far away from the Canadian winter. I was not going to complain one iota!

Peace,

Suzanne