It's negative two outside...

 ... and that is Fahrenheit.

I really want to go for a long walk, but two things are stopping me. One: I am sole parent to wee Angus, who is upstairs in the room playing Minecraft with friends from home. A crew member happens to be in the adjoining hotel room, so they are taking over "grab-Angus-in-case-of-fire" duties now, which is allowing me 20 minutes of peace and writing in the coffeeshop on the ground floor.

One thing that living in a hotel for five months has reminded me is that there is so much beauty in living in community. I don't understand the backlash against building taller buildings in Louisville -- buildings that have restaurants and coffeeshops on the ground floor and great living spaces above them. It's a great way to spend a Saturday morning, even if it's kind of like living in a college dorm. If you went to college in Yakutsk, I guess.

Coffee shop in the hotel ... espresso and writing!
Speaking of Yakutsk. Have you heard of it? My friend Danny (from those college dorm days!) first told me about it and how he like sto track the weather there. It's the coldest inhabited city on the planet (or at least it was 20 years ago when I first heard of it). I keep the town on my weather app, so I can always feel a little better about whatever temperatures I'm currently enjoying/hating. Today, for example, it is -33F there. (Weirdly, in the summer, it can reach 100F. Why do people live there? Same reasons they live in the polarizing weather of Louisville, I suppose.)

Anyway: it's cold in Calgary, but not as cold as in Siberia. So there is that.

Angus had an amazing week of filming. This child is so good at...

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