Ugh. Snow fell overnight, making the drive in to work this morning another slow one. But, at least the snow had sort of let up during the drive in. Then, the snow picked up again and it has been snowing steadily most of the day. We'll probably end up with at least 6 inches. Could be worse, parts of the state north of here have 20 inches or more. Should be another fun drive home tonight. And me without a 4-wheel drive vehicle.

Had a nice time at my coworker's house last night. Had a wonderful meal. They had invited some other friends of theirs over, so it was a hopping house. Both John and Hanna really had fun in the new environment. They even got to watch a bit of Fox and the Hound. John had so much fun he cried when it was time to leave. Thankfully the snow had started yet, so the drive there and back was fine.

I'm just about done with Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, by Ross King. A fascinating book, describing a lot of what was going on in Italy while Michelangelo was working on the Sistine Chapel (like wars and such.) King is here in the Twin Cities this week talking about the book, I doubt I'll go though.

Next I want to start in on The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard. A novel, it won the National Book Award for 2003. Click here for some info on the book.