snow arrived. and then more snow joined.
in the street, a young BMW driver tried to make it up the slight slope anyway. after trying 3 times, he gave up, and asked an elder couple for advice. "Patience," they answered. "Remain here. And wait until the snow patrol clears the road again..."
that was half an hour ago. right now, there are 4 cars sitting there, waiting.
the thing is, this year all seems to come in heaps. there was no rain during October, then torrential rain in November. and no snow until now, apart from some single snow flakes (see flake photo from yesterday below). and today, it's snow without end.
the only thing that is continuing steadily since months is the troubled news - one Euro crisis after the other. yesterday, the European Central Bank warned that there's a risk of a systematic bank crisis, like in 2008. and each month, the amount of money needed to fix credit gaps and to avoid the worst rises. millions and billions here, then there. amounts that are impossible to imagine. where did all the money go? and how long will the money-patrol be able to keep this going? it's like a ghost - in the streets, life goes on as always. and no one really can imagine how it would look like: the worst. and what would it do to everyday life. and what is the answer to it could be.
(..and now i just looked for an earlier blog notes on it, with a title i can't remember.. now how to find that. there was the word "gap" in it, but blogger doesn't pick up on that. instead, i arrived at this recent note on the wealth of the world and the new German pirate party, and this one, ironically fitting in this winter, about Greece: Zombie Summer.)
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