It was white out and verrrry cold out yesterday, in Boston USA.
Just what I needed, as I returned to work after the flu.
That’s Winston, at the garage where I park for work, describing how they treat the flu in his home country of Trinidad and Tobago.
“First, some vodka. Make a tea from garlic, ginger, cloves, and spice. Drink that all down at once. Then, sweat the fevers out.”
No fevers, yesterday. Just frozens. While I waited for the work shuttle in New England’s world of white, Winston said some words about his world, which included “warm” “blue,” “ocean,” and “fish.” Some words today about Trinidad and Tobago, from Wikipedia:
Climate
The climate is tropical. There are two seasons annually: the dry season for the first six months of the year, and the rainy season in the second half of the year. Winds are predominantly from the northeast and are dominated by the northeast trade winds. Unlike most of the other Caribbean islands, both Trinidad and Tobago have frequently escaped the wrath of major devastating hurricanes, including Hurricane Ivan, the most powerful storm to have passed close to the islands in recent history, in September 2004.
Record temperatures for Trindad and Tobago are 39 °C (102 °F)[17] for the high in Port of Spain, and a low of 12 °C (54 °F).[18]
I’m going to leave some white space here, as I try to think of reasons why I might prefer my home over Winston’s, these days:
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Yesterday, I saw white out everywhere, so far from Winston’s home.
In the light …
… and in the dark.
When I was home, I saw the white of the moon.
One more dark-and-light question, from the white board in my office:
How about a white song, to send this white-out out into the wide wide world of WordPress?
(Annie Lenox sings “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” dressed in white and black, here at YouTube.)
The original, by Procol Harum, is in white, black, and color here on YouTube:
Anything you want to declare here, in black and white?
Many white, black, blue, and other colorful thanks to Winston, to Annie Lenox, to Procol Harem, to all those who skip the light fandango, to people everywhere who leave or stay at home (for their own black-and-white or shades-of-grey reasons), and to everybody who helps me blog every day, no matter how white it is out there (including YOU, of course).