Eighteen Truths; Four Lies

12.5 inches of snow fell; the city killed its engine. We at Aphaeresis, however, put the pedal to the metal:

• Sleep
• Nap
• Save the world
• Dawdle
• Toss water from cup to see if it will freeze in air
• Shovel driveway
• Think Great Thoughts
• Drink unladylike quantities of tea
• Bake raspberry muffins
• Omit raspberries
• Curse self; curse parentage
• Nap #2
• Abuse weather radar
• Read books
• RUN OUT OF BOOKS
• Weep; gnash teeth
• Brave snow-bound wilderness to reach branch library
• Ponder loves lost
• Ponder navel
• Maunder
• Sing
• Sleep