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so this is sleet

the journal of Michael Werneburg

Toronto, 2012.02.24

I'd always taken 'sleet' to mean 'freezing rain' but it turns out there's a different kind, and that's what we have today.

It's simultaneous rain and snow. And it's a lousy form of weather to combat—too wet for scarves and mitts, too cold and snowy for an umbrella. Sometimes I miss Tokyo.