Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 30, 2019

Adults still wear mittens?

Frazz is leaving out the smell of a peat or cow dung fire.

I’m nostalgic for personal privacy, but I doubt that I ever had it.

We often only (wish to) remember the good things.

Coffee & Donuts!

19th-century New Englanders didn’t wear spandex.

I have pleasant memories of fantasizing about stuff I learned from books in the 5th or 6th grade that I never actually experienced – like living in a castle or riding on a stage coach or visiting a blacksmith shop.

AHD: “nos·tal·gi·a (nŏ-stăl’-jə, nə-) n. 1. A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.” So, yes, Miss Plainwell. It is one of the most common uses.

So, what, jef doesn’t like/have dogs? “Wet dog smell” must come from dirty dogs. My three and my daughter’s five have been soaked but don’t get like that.

We’re getting ice tomorrow, I don’t plan to drive in it let alone go jogging.

One of life’s mysteries, why wet puppies smell bad and 17 year old toms that have never been bathed don’t.

I like the bouncing sleet pellets.

Nothing warmer. Why do you think the Marines and Army use them???

M go Blue ;)

Running in the rain or sleet suggest they took many wrong turns.

Similar to Sehnsucht, a wistful longing.

I’d rather smell wet dog than not have a dog for a companion. Especially if she was recently given a bath. :-)

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Regarding the pain of thawing digits, that’s what ice climbers (who would certainly be in a position to know) call the “screaming barfies.” If that sounds a little crude to you under normal circumstances, so be it. To come up with anything approaching language at all when your frozen fingers are thawing is to commit pure poetry.

Regarding the smelly wet dog, that’s what dog owners (who would certainly be in a position to know) call “love.” Eventually, if not at the time.

You wonder why they aren’t wearing better gloves so they won’t freeze and maybe turn a lovely shade of black then fall off…