January in the Great State of Minnesota

In the Saintly City it's been below freezing continuously since sometime in December. But we still have some nice sunsets. This one was a few days ago and it was taken from a hill in Linwood Park. It has a kind of stark beauty.


We also have outdoor ice skating. This rink at Linwood Park is in use. The Prairie Princess is teaching youngsters to skate at a similar park in Minneapolis. She is using those expensive skills learned in her teen years at the Roseville Ice Arena. The outdoors ice won't last past the middle of February, but this week it seems like the winter, the ice, and the cold will go on until Hell freezes over.



My tennis reports are not up to date, but rest assured that I'm still keeping up my schedule of four doubles encounters every week. Today's bout was contested at Fort Snelling Tennis Center. They keep the place pretty chilly, but it was about five degrees outside, so it was better to be in the bubble. There was an excess amount of gravity today so I was not playing at my best, but the matches were competitive and best of all, no one fell down. I'm always suspicious of the variance of the gravitational field when I'm having an off day. Not many people buy this theory, but it's my theory and I'm sticking to it.