“Skiing in the rain, just skiing in the rain…” That’s how it was New

Year’s Day on Hunter Mountain. Interesting effect: we ended up

sugar-glazed, covered all over with rain that had frozen to ice.

Snowboarders now around 50 per cent on the slopes–amazing. Seems like just

yesterday I saw my first-ever snowboarder (actually about 7-8 yrs ago, I

think). Nellie Muriel declares that green & blue slopes (i.e. beginner and

intermediate) are “gay” — the latest, and I think rather interesting,

sub-teen synonym for “beneath contempt,” “babyish,” “lame,” etc. The way

snowboarding is coming up, I’m afraid that pretty soon skiing with two skis

will be “gay.”