WINTERTIME, AND THE LIVIN’ AIN’T EASY
“The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism, but February.” –Joseph Wood Krutch, American writer, critic and naturalist (1893-1970)
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If you’re a blog follower of Rivergirl, my Maine squeeze (metaphysically speaking, of course), you know that she’s had winter trouble right there in River’s city (actually, town) this month….so I thought I’d post a few winter-weary weather songs to help her (and you) go wassailing through the rest of the month.
Hollywood knows There’s No Business Like Show Business (they made a movie of it in 1954), but it seems Old Hollywood also knew there’s no business like snow business:
But New England and Old Hollywood have nothing on this place when it comes to snow and freezing weather (even the song about it was written by comrade Cold Porter, if I’m not mitaken):
Cheers!
Rivergirl 8:33 pm on February 18, 2021 Permalink |
Love it! Peter Lorre singing about never running out of cocktail ice made my day….
π
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mistermuse 9:15 pm on February 18, 2021 Permalink |
….and your comment helped make my day, Rg.
P.S. Love Peter Lorre! As an actor, he was truly one-of-a-kind.
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Don Ostertag 8:56 pm on February 18, 2021 Permalink |
And in Texas, they canβt even talk about the weather without arguing about politics.
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mistermuse 9:25 pm on February 18, 2021 Permalink |
Texans like to say everything’s bigger in Texas, and now they’ve got the biggest boondoggle, what with politicians neglecting to allocate funds to winterize their power grid even though they knew it was only a matter of time before the system would fail under extreme weather conditions.
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calmkate 9:33 pm on February 18, 2021 Permalink |
well we have a bit of relief from the heat … cloud cover and rain today … can’t begin to imagine what rivergal and the rest of you are enduring just now!
Rug up, don’t drink the water and hunker down until spring comes round π
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mistermuse 12:24 am on February 19, 2021 Permalink |
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rawgod 1:53 am on February 19, 2021 Permalink |
Don’t know where River girl is, but she us welcome to come visit in High !level, Alberta, Canada, and we aren’t even in the Arctic Circle. From one rg to an Rg.
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mistermuse 9:12 am on February 19, 2021 Permalink |
Apparently I’m too artful for my own good, rg — Rg lives in Maine (as in “my Maine squeeze”). I was hoping that the opening quote mentioning “New England” would help make the connection, but the scuttlebutt that I’m a subtle nut is true.
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rawgod 10:16 am on February 19, 2021 Permalink
Actually, I was half-asleep when I read the post, and read right over the Main(with an)e. I should have been prepared for it, as my most unfamous character who never appeared in a story was a pretentious guy who called himself Vern(with an)e. He built it right into his name. He was so flamboyant he wrote himself out of every story I tried to write him into.
So, Maine is River girl’s home? Anywhere around Calais? I used to live in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and often went over to the dark side to shop. So I must ask, is the river in River girl the St. Croix? One of the most amazing rivers I have ever seen. I lived along its Canadian bank, and being a prairie boy was amazing at the twice daily rise and fall of the river’s depth. Until I moved to the coast my only experience of tides was in Lake Winnipeg, the one prairie lake big enough to notice the tidal effect of the moon. As great as that seemed, the St. Croix River put it to complete shame. At low tide I could probably have walked across the river, there was so little water in it. Then, at high tide, I would have needed a motorboat to cross back into Canada. I would have been swept away in a row boat, I think.
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mistermuse 11:38 am on February 19, 2021 Permalink
I’ve been following Rg’s blog for several years — she’s a proud Mainer, but has never (to my knowledge) mentioned the name of the town where she lives, so even if I knew it, I would respect her privacy and not reveal it.
I’m somewhat familiar with the area of your former residence, as I’ve driven through there with my family on two vacation trips decades ago. I still remember, upon trying to reenter the US on one of those trips, the border crossing agent gave us a hard time for no apparent reason (other than he was a prick, it was an isolated crossing point, and he could do as he pleased). Anyway, the Bay of Fundy is a lovely area and has the highest tides in the world, as I recall.
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obbverse 3:43 am on February 19, 2021 Permalink |
Can’t beat Dino’s warm voice even when he’s singin’ about the snow. Man, some States are beyond chill though, sympathies from afar.
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mistermuse 9:20 am on February 19, 2021 Permalink |
I’m just glad I don’t live in Texas, where the power was out for days, leaving millions without heat, light, and water. As for Dino, I like his voice too. If you’ve never seen him in BELLS ARE RINGING (co-starring Judy Holiday), keep an eye open for it — it’s one of my fav films.
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magickmermaid 3:02 pm on February 19, 2021 Permalink |
I love the snow cartoon! Dancing in the snow-priceless! π
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mistermuse 7:32 pm on February 19, 2021 Permalink |
Likewise. That must be an old cartoon because, to my knowledge, “They don’t make ’em like that anymore.”
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magickmermaid 7:42 pm on February 19, 2021 Permalink |
True! Now if only that song would play in the background as I shovel snow! π
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Ricardo 9:59 pm on February 19, 2021 Permalink |
Twelve inches of sunshine fell here in San Diego, Sr. Muse.
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mistermuse 11:27 pm on February 19, 2021 Permalink |
The sun came down on us today too, Ricardo (unfortunately, the mercury didn’t get the message, never rising out of the twenties).
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Kally 12:33 am on February 20, 2021 Permalink |
This is so good! I needed this post today to motivate me. Thank you.
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mistermuse 1:29 am on February 20, 2021 Permalink |
Kally, you didn’t say what this post motivated you to do, but I assume it was something superKallyfrgailisticexpialidocious. π
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masercot 11:09 am on February 20, 2021 Permalink |
I’m worried about Rivergirl. She seems to be stockpiling cats…
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mistermuse 1:50 pm on February 20, 2021 Permalink |
She’s probably hoping the cats will discourage Ms. Redsquirrel from taking up residence in her residence.
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Silver Screenings 11:21 am on February 23, 2021 Permalink |
Love the animation in the Winter Weather song, but I ABSOLUTELY ADORE the Siberian song. Thank you thank you for introducing me!!
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mistermuse 12:09 pm on February 23, 2021 Permalink |
Thanks, SS. I wish I had done this post 12 days ago so that you would’ve had a chance to see “Siberia” performed in the film (SILK STOCKINGS), which was shown on Turner Classic Movies on Friday, Feb. 12 .
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Silver Screenings 2:02 pm on February 23, 2021 Permalink |
Ack! I missed it! Oh well, I was delighted to listen to it this morning.
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