Loose Ends: A sore subject

We live in an area of the country where the weather can be a sore subject. One might assume most people like the unseasonably warm, sunny days. Yet, there doesn’t seem to be anything about this year’s version of winter that doesn’t stir up the conversation. On the surface, it appears to be a neutral conversation starter, but like black ice, it wreaks havoc.
Weather has long been a conversation leveler and if one wants…