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No kidding. It's March, and it has started with a bang. First, the weather. After a teaser of a 60 degree day, Mom Nature is laying down a half inch of ice right now, covering it with some snow, and threatening thunderstorms and enough ice to down limbs and electric lines. The cancellations are flying in.

Then there's life. We have two grown children. Went down Saturday to see our son play in an Ultimate Frisbee tournament at college. I had high hopes to get some cool action shots and fashion a decent post on the sport. That will wait. By the time we arrived, our son had broken his right pinkie, badly. Instead of spending a couple hours on the sidelines snapping shots of flying discs and layouts and hucks and such, we spent some quality time, just us and our boy, in the ER awaiting X-rays, the doctor, the nurse, etc. The ER doc gave our son a temporary cast and the address and number of an orthopedic surgeon. Then yesterday, the orthopedic surgeon gave him another temporary cast and the address and number of a "hand specialist" down in Columbus. Then just today the hand specialist gave him the date and time of his operation, this Monday, which was supposed to be Day Three of our son's spring mission trip to Nicaragua. Best laid plans, etc.

Our daughter is not to be left out. At approximately 1:30 a.m. yesterday morning she and her husband noticed a burning smell. Then they noticed an orange glow coming from the bedroom closet. It seems the water heater caught on fire and created a closet conflagration that wiped out their wardrobe and, thanks to the smoke and soot, most of their belongings in the bedroom. They made the early Monday news cycle on channel 13. We spent last night commiserating, sorting out a few essentials with them, and helping them migrate across the hall to a vacant and nice smelling apartment. They are experiencing the fun involved with insurance adjusters and professional cleaning services and the like.

So, anyhow, I know it's only March 4 as I write this but, seriously, bring on April, now.