A Good Snug House

"We felt very nice and snug,

the more so since it was 

so chilly out of doors."

-- Herman Melville, Moby Dick

Monopoly house 11-21-14

"Some people talk of morality, and some of religion,

but give me a snug little property."

-- Maria Edgeworth

"Oh, a cottage! How charming.

A little cottage is always very snug."

-- Jane Austen,  Sense and Sensibility

"From my observation, the older you get,

the more you like the word cozy."

-- Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

A Good Warm Hat

"My ears were nice and warm, though.

That hat I bought had earlaps in it, and I put them on --

I didn't give a damn how I looked."

-- J.D. Salinger, The Catcher In The Rye

Self portrait 10-22-14

"If you don't have a hat on, you lose heat through your head,

just as you would lose heat through your legs if you were wearing shorts."

-- Richard Ingebretsen, MD, PhD, 

"Do We Really Lose Most of Our Heat Through Our Heads," WebMD

"Girl With the Pearl Earring," Vermeer

If you have super short hair like me, then you know how unsettling it feels when winter starts creeping up your neck.

I was out doing some running around yesterday, and I hadn't worn a hat. It was super windy, and super cold, and, well, winter was starting to creep up my neck.

It was unsettling.

I stopped at the sporting goods store to buy a kettlebell, and I saw this super warm, super cozy hat.

I bought it and put it on.

It felt super good.

(P.S. Is it just me, or does this self portrait have a li'l "Girl With the Pearl Earring" vibe? Except not at all.)