[Magdalen] 40 years ago today

[ME Michaud]

We were living on Chestnut St.
Had a gas stove, so we did lots of cooking for neighbors who’d converted to
electric.
I made tons of bread, too, but not much of a rise due to no heat. The cat
slept with us under the bedclothes, unusual for him.

We were worried about friends who were older, but out walking one day ran
into Lawrence Channing walking down Charles St. brandishing an old pair of
ski poles.

IIRC Ash Wednesday fell during that week. Brought a couple of people home
from the Advent for vegetarian lasagna.

I remember it as a magical time, but we were young and hardy then.
-M

On Tuesday, February 6, 2018, Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com> wrote:

> Was the Blizzard of ‘78, remembered “fondly” by those of us who lived in
> the Boston area then. I was working in Waltham just off 128 at the time and
> living in Concord, less than 10 miles away. Like most, I left work early
> but it still took ~2 hours to get home. Others of my co-workers weren’t so
> lucky – some had to travel south on 128 to get home and were stuck in their
> cars on 128 overnight.
>