Our town blipped across the nation’s media this winter with a record snowfall. Sixty inches of the picturesque, crystalline stuff fell in the month of December. It clogged streets and sidewalks, collapsed roofs, stressed snow shovels and back muscles.
Our front yard became a maze of white tunnels, creating the problem of where to place shovelfuls of new snow, which had to be carried some distance from the walkways and driveway. It took two people to back into the street — one to drive and one to stand outside the car, peering over the berms and directing traffic.
Overwhelmed by these tasks, my husband, Larry, decided to purchase a very expensive, industrial-strength snow blower. (Its pamphlet insists that we call it a “snow thrower.”) A generous friend with a truck drove us to Idaho, where we picked it up. Naturally, it hasn’t snowed again since we squeezed the gigantic orange contraption into our one-car garage, but by god, we’re ready for next winter.
Another milestone this season was that Larry and I completed a months-long reporting package detailing the ongoing saga of public corruption and compromised media in our town, Spokane. This story, which can be seen at Girl From Hot Springs.com and Camas Magazine.com, changed from a tale of greed and financial fraud to one of life and death. This six-minute video offers highlights.
On a happier note, I was tickled last Saturday, Valentine’s Day, to welcome in a new era of world peace and harmony. According to my New Agey friends who follow such things, at dawn on February 14 the moon was in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligned with Mars. So now, as all of us who were listening to music in 1967 know so well, “Peace will guide the planets, and love will steer the stars.”
I’m wondering how this might affect our city’s secretive government. On a more personal note, though, in an area where I have a little more control: if the Age of Aquarius, which means “water-bearer,” brings more snowfall, I’m all set.
Tags: Age of Aquarius, corruption, Cowles family, Larry Shook, River Park Square, snowfall
March 19, 2009 at 3:31 pm |
Thank you for the insightful video. I have never really liked what happened downtown to riverfront park square and it seems that my unconscious was realizing what was going on.