And more snow

This morning I went to town to have coffee with Jo. We met
at her house and walked over to the Bookends, the coffee
shop attached to the Boulder Book Store. She told me a wild
tale of some pro bono work they are doing for a young gay man
who is in prison for fraud. He is suing the prison system
because he has been raped and horribly. Jo didn't go into
the details except that it was awful. The system keeps
moving him around, but the gangs spot him as soon as he
enters a new system. They have a network so when he arrives
at a new prison he is slipped a note that says something to
the affect that we know who you are. Jo has renewed her
license so both she and Alf are working on this case. The
law part flew over my head, but I gather that is the
interesting part for them although they also are horrified
that what happened to him could happen.
This morning I went to town to have coffee with Jo. We met
at her house and walked over to the Bookends, the coffee
shop attached to the Boulder Book Store. She told me a wild
tale of some probono work they are doing for a young gay man
who is in prison for fraud. He is suing the prison system
because he has been raped and horribly. Jo didn't go into
the details except that it was awful. The system keeps
moving him around, but the gangs spot him as soon as he
enters a new system. They have a network so when he arrives
at a new prison he is slipped a note that says something to
the affect that we know who you are. Jo has renewed her
license so both she and Alf are working on this case. The
law part flew over my head, but I gather that is the
interesting part for them although they also are horrified
that what happened to him could happen.

After coffee I went to McGuckens to pick up some things for
Christmas presents I'm making for Viki and Marti and then
came home.

We had a quick, light lunch and then out to the barn to dig
out a tarp and structure to cover the sailboat which Robert
had moved from the shed out between the RV and the creek.
We started about 12:45 PM and finished about 1:45 PM and
during that time it started to snow. By the time we
finished there was at least an inch of snow on the tarp
covering the sailboat. We couldn't have started any later
and gotten the job done. As it was Robert had to put a
ladder into the creek and climb down it to reach the ropes
at the back end of the boat so he could tie down the tarp.
It was a bit tricky because the boat hangs out over the
creek and there is a good rock wall on the road side of the
creek, but with all the snow it wasn't too clear where the
wall was and where it might just be snow hanging over the
edge.

Now it is snowing so hard I can barely see across the
street. The prediction was 60% possiblity of light snow
with accumulation of 1 inch. We still have a couple of feet
of snow left from the last snow storms. I think we are in
for a long snowy winter at this rate. The skiers are happy.

later, 7:30 PM:

Oh M'gosh, it is still snowing hard. All traces of the walk are
gone. There is still so much ice on the walk that, now with all
this snow it'll be more difficult. Robert will be busy tomorrow
with the snow blower.

I didn't go out to get the mail. It doesn't arrive until sometime
after 4 and/or it may be dark. We'll wait to see what tomorrow
brings. Fortunately, we don't have to go anywhere tomorrow or
Sunday.