No bad weather, Keb, only inadequate gear.

I’m wearing merino wool socks these days, 24/7, even in bed. I got them at Mark’s Work Wearhouse, a subsidiary of Canadian Tire (that wonderful source of everything needful), and they are Pepto-Bismol pink. I also have flannel-lined jeans for any outside jaunt at -10C or colder, and mukluks for when things get desperate. I haven’t needed the mukluks since leaving Ottawa, but they’re in the closet just in case.

The dog people of my neighbourhood are fun to watch. They dress both themselves and their dogs for the weather, and few things give me more of a giggle than the pair of greyhounds who live around the corner. Their human takes them out three times a day in matching jackets and shoes, coordinated with their collars and leads.