Thank you, Amanda (and Sandy) for the weather updates. I truly do appreciate the information, here, even as I have difficulty interpreting it . . . > It's time to put Marcy--and everyone else--out of their misery! After > having spent almost 3 weeks in New England, where they _are_ having spring, > I was wondering myself whether to throw the old parka into the trunk of > the car on my drive up to Hekla. But maybe not! While there's still a > bit of snow around from the recent big dump (which, sadly, I missed), the > forecast this week is for sun and increasingly warmer temperatures. Define "warmer." I mean, in the past week, I have walked around in shorts and a t-shirt; today; I'm quite comfortable in long pants and a sweatshirt. Sandy said something about a light jacket for the daytime and something more substantial for evening: I was planning on bringing my tasteful L.L. Bean three-season jacket, but will I also need my big purple parka which makes me look like a California Raisin?? (I've already determined that I'll prbably be happier if I dig out my winter gloves, stowed away before the arrival of visitors last week.) I > would still bring a warmish jacket, and maybe even light gloves, but throwing > a couple T-shirts into the suitcase (along with the bathing suit, of course) I find it incomprehensible to think of my bathing suit in the same breath as my California Raisin Parka . . . (and are we serious about bathing suits, here? There was a wonderful whirlpool in Calgary, I recall, but Andrea and I hadda make a quick run to town for Whirlpool Attire before we could use it . . . ) > probably won't call the wrath of the weather gods down on us. But don't > anybody bring shorts. That'll guarantee a May blizzard. All right, I'll leave my shorts at home . . . > >From your friendly forecaster. . . Amanda G-J Thanks much, Amanda (and Sandy) for the weather updates. I'm not trying to be obstreperous, but gee, fashion is SUCH an important part of the Inkshed Experience . . . Marcy Marcy Bauman Writing Program University of Michigan-Dearborn 4901 Evergreen Rd. Dearborn, MI 48128 email: [log in to unmask] Encoding: 54 TEXT