When we last left you, we were coming down off the high that was January 1st 2010, that being the day that saw the beginning of a new hockey career and the showcase of the world’s greatest sport at Fenway…
You know, some day I’ll stop being so damn sappy and mushy and sentimental on this blog. Someday I’ll just talk about ice conditions and hose adapters and weather forecasts. But I’m sorry, that day won’t be January 1, 2010. …
You’d think I would have learned last year about Santa, and Christmas miracles, and backyard rinks. But three days ago I wrote: …skating on Christmas is all but out of the question… And yet there I was around noon today,…
Just figured out how to put videos into this blog, so here’s one I’ve had on youtube for a while. This is just me skating on the rink for the first time ever, December 2008:
With a frantic mid-December push, the rink is built, lined, and filled. All I can do now is furiously refresh weather.com and hope the temps stay down. The downtime (if you can call it that) allowed me some time to…
