Saturday, February 28, 2015

About tu Pop

Aaz I haav sed, I'v bin in sème-hîebernáeshan faur weeks, wáeting faur this mízrabool, sivéerle subnáurmale koeld wínter tu end, aur aat leest reetúrn tu náurmal témprachùrz. Náurmal hi in tha paast week wood haav bin 44̊ tu 46̊. Not wuns in tha paast week did óuar témprachùr éevan éekwal tha náurmal hi, much les ekséed it. Indéed, tha dáetiem hi haaz bin aaz much aaz 22° beeló náurmal.


In the entíur muntth uv Fébruewère, tha dáetiem hi éekwald náurmal WUNS, aand NÉVER ekséedad it. Mi kor'z báatere "died" agén, aand I dídan't kaul AAA tu get a jump stort, beekáuz I'd haav haad tu go out in tha koeld évre dae thairáafter tu run the énjin faur 20 minits aur so tu keep tha báatere frum kóngking out agén, aand I wuz not abóut tu go out íntu sivéerle subnáurmale koeld wéther unlés áabsalùetle nésasère. So I haav bin híeding frum tha koeld. Mi óenle waurm ruemz or stil not réele waurm, so mi bóde aand miend haav bin in pórshal shútdoun moed. I keep wáeting faur tha werst tu be óever, but haav wáetad in vaen.
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Wun uv mi óeldast frendz — méening aat wuns a pérsan hu haaz bin mi frend faur méne yeerz aand hu iz oelder thaan I — haaz súferd wers thaan I frum tha koeld. He haaz a vére baad láandlaurd (indeed, slúmlaurd) in Grénich Vílaj, hu haaz reefyúezd tu maek néedad reepáirz uv méne kiendz tu váareas apórtmants, aand if ténants kampláend, he wood eevíkt them on tha ground that he néedad thoez apórtmants faur rélatìvz. Uv kaurs, tha rélatìvz did not réele taek óever thoez apórtmants. Thae wóodan't liv in thoez kandíshanz. But tha shaam tráansfer uv the apórtmants tu fáamile mémberz paast únder the ráedor uv síte régyoolatàure autthóriteez, aand mi frend Don wuz afráed he tue wood be eevíktad if he kauld in Síte inspékterz tu tri tu get reepáirz maed. In tha paast kúpool uv weeks, sapóezd reepáirz tu úther apórtmants pradúest aan áulmoest tóetal shútdoun not just uv heet but áulso uv wúter, boetth hot aand koeld, hwich wuz reedúest tu a dríbool in mi frend's apórtmant faur aat leest sévral ouarz a dae, if not éevan aul dae laung. So baad did tthingz get thaat Don haad tu be aadmítad tu tha hóspital faur tue daez, faur dèehiedráeshan aand pósible híepoetthérmea. He iz áulmost 76 yeerz oeld, aand hiz kandíshan braut the aténshan uv a sóeshal wérker on tha staaf uv tha hóspital, hu haaz reepáurtad hiz sìchuáeshan tu a Nu Yaurk Síte áejanse faur Áadult Pratéktiv Sérvisaz aaz wel aaz tha Síte's Hóuzing Prèzerváeshan autthóriteez, hu wil invéstigàet Don'z intólerabòol abyúes bi his slúmlaurd. Miend yu, Don duz not liv in a slum, óenle a bílding maentáend liek a slum. He paez óever $1,200 a muntth in rent, faur a tíene, wun-bédruem apórtmant witthóut heet aur hot wúter — aur éevan moest koeld wúter — in tha deptth uv wínter. Thaat láandlaurd needz tu be sent tu JAIL. Nu Yáurkerz seem tu poot up witth maur KRAAP thaan péepool éneehwàir els in this kúntre, aand I aam vére glaad I eskáept Nu Yaurk.
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The ÁakyueWèther fáurkaast faur tha nekst tthre weeks fíenale shoez sienz uv a reetúrn tu rélatìvle míald témprachùrz, tho stil, faur tha moest port, subnáurmal. I kaan deel witth temps wel abúv fréezing, éevan if stil subnáurmal. So I aantísipàet béing áebool tu rev up tu mi oen náurmal, thaat iz, náurmal aaktívite lévool, aaz suen aaz dáetiem temps riez reelíable abúv fréezing.


Tha fóetoez beeló sho tue treez aaz seen frum mi wíndoez, thaat hoeld óntu sum uv tha bíoemaas thae pradúest dúering tha príur gróeing séezan, untíl nu groetth in spring póoshaz oeld groetth out. This ferst fóeto shoez tha klústerz uv kóper seed podz uv tha tre in frunt uv tha hous nekstdáur. Méne such podz frum treez up aand doun tha blok haav fáulan tu tha ground, aur aat leest reeléest thair seedz. Sum áireaz uv sno haav bin hévile dótad bi thoez blaak seedz. Útherz uv tha seedz aand podz reemáen on tha treez.


Tha nekst fóeto shoez wun uv mi oek treez thaat hoeld óntu méne uv thair leevz untíl spring. Miend yu, mi oeks du reelées máasiv kwóntitèez uv leevz — aand yu kaan se in this píkchur thaat a braanch aat lóeur riet haaz no leevz, hwáiraaz tha bráanchaz aat tha left du haav leevz. I shaal haav tu go out, wuns tha sno on mi dríevwae aand sied yord melts aat leest in lorj part, aand wauk aróund chéking if aul mi oeks hoeld óntu sum uv thair leevz, aur sum reelées aul thair leevz. Hwial I'm out, I'l se if éne uv tha króekasas haav poosht up tthru tha sno. But I'm afráed thair iz so much sno this yeer thaat éevan if tha króekasaz haav sent shuets up, thae wil not haav rízan hi eenúf tu be seen abúv tha sno.


Stil, it woen't be laung untíl tha rélativ waurmtth uv laet wínter aand óorle spring póoshaz tha laast uv theez podz aand leevz out, faur nu, green groetth. I aam vére éeger tu se it.

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