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NorthernGannet of Ember
Dec. 14th, 2025 08:15 pmAs of today, the Sparrowhawk and I have been associated for 57 years. It took us a little over two years from that day to get married. We had some plans to go out today for a little shopping fun at the Christmas market, but it was absolutely freezing cold again--wind chills below zero--and we decided not to. It was freezing cold on this day in 1968, too, but we were more impervious then. I do recall that when I received a first kiss at the end of the evening, my face was nearly frozen solid so it didn't have as much impact as it might have. I offered to go outside with the Sparrowhawk and slide around on the ice until our lips were numb, to recreate the experience, but he thought it would be more fun to stay where it was warm.
We also thought about going out to eat. Once again we considered the chop house that replaced our favorite restaurant. We've never been there, partly out of spite, but partly because it seems rather pompously posh. We read some of the reviews and saw some rather alarming prices quoted. It seemed like too much trouble. We had steak in the freezer. The Sparrowhawk cooked it for me in a cast iron skillet and served it with a nice fat baked potato, and it was delicious. And it didn't cost no 75 dollars, either. Now he has money left over with which to buy me more caviar. Dear me, this is just more old people stuff! "It's too cold to go out! Restaurants are too expensive!" Well . . . we do love our hobbit hole. And I promise to go out again one of these days.
As a footnote, I add that today was also the anniversary of the publication of Max Planck's article, "The Theory of Quantum Mechanics." So we picked an auspicious occasion for our particles to collide.
We also thought about going out to eat. Once again we considered the chop house that replaced our favorite restaurant. We've never been there, partly out of spite, but partly because it seems rather pompously posh. We read some of the reviews and saw some rather alarming prices quoted. It seemed like too much trouble. We had steak in the freezer. The Sparrowhawk cooked it for me in a cast iron skillet and served it with a nice fat baked potato, and it was delicious. And it didn't cost no 75 dollars, either. Now he has money left over with which to buy me more caviar. Dear me, this is just more old people stuff! "It's too cold to go out! Restaurants are too expensive!" Well . . . we do love our hobbit hole. And I promise to go out again one of these days.
As a footnote, I add that today was also the anniversary of the publication of Max Planck's article, "The Theory of Quantum Mechanics." So we picked an auspicious occasion for our particles to collide.
