Chindian Neighborliness in Himalayan Level Snow

Dear god, we have snow flurries. 

The snow totaled out at 2 + feet. It was so deep and heavy that if one looked closely the snow took on a blue hue. We finally got our drive and walkway cleared out yesterday afternoon. Our two oldest daughters discovered why grownups aren't too keen on snow. They were rewarded with hot cocoa. There was much ebullient sledding afterwards.

We usually clear our 75 year old neighbor's driveway too, but as noted yesterday, our snow blower died. We got another neighbor (Guajarati) with a working snow blower to help. Down the street, another neighbor (also Gujarati) had his two 20-ish sons shoveling snow. We saw them and thought, 'What I wouldn't do to get my hands on some stout young men.' [Phrasing! -Ed]. We got a hell of a workout these last two days. 

In between bouts of snow shoveling we worked on chapters in '75 and '76 and just about wrapped up a thing we're doing for another thing. We await word from our Central Committee handler in Moscow, he always emails us on Wednesday demanding update on monthly magazine article quota.

Our neighbor Rik Meta, who challenged Corey Booker* in last year's senate race, announced he's running for congress in our 7th Congressional district against incumbent Tom Malinowski. Meanwhile last year's challenger, Tom Kean, for whom we manned the phones, is retiring from the state senate. At this point we'd support Meta. Kean had his chance. 

Meanwhile CNBC reports: 'New Jersey became the No. 1 state to move away from in 2018, according to new data from moving and relocation company United Vans Lines....“The data aligns with longer-term migration patterns to southern and western states, trends driven by factors like job growth, lower costs of living, state budgetary challenges and more temperate climates,” Michael Stoll, economist and professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, says in the report.' Someone commented on FB that New Jersey is as expensive as New York but without the benefits. Quite right. If you people knew the property taxes we pay...

*We voted for Booker in 2014. He was up against a professional conservative and perpetual loser and he'd just rescued a family from a burning building. Why not?