2026 52 Card Project: Week 11: Hurkle Durkling

[pegkerr]

There is an archaic Scottish term that I have become rather fond of as of late: "hurkle durkling," which refers to the practice of lingering in bed, long past the hour that one should be getting up and busy with daily affairs.

This past weekend, the Twin Cities experienced a snowstorm. I ran errands and went to the grocery store (what a madhouse) on Saturday.

On Sunday, everything was cancelled. The newspaper was cancelled. Church was cancelled. All the stores were closed. The day involved some serious lounging about. I did eventually get out and shovel the front and back walk. I had a kind neighbor who took his snowblower to my driveway and the sidewalk in front of the house, however, so I managed to avoid the worst of the chore.

The snow wasn't as deep as some of the weather predictions had speculated it might be, but it was enough to grind the city to a halt. And it turned out that I didn't mind. A quiet descended over everything: call it winter's last hurrah.

Yes, indeed: I found that I really didn't mind a bit.

Image description: background: a city street where the road and all the parked cars are covered with snow. Lower third: rumpled bed covers with a tray holding a teapot and cookies resting on top. A woman's feet in red and white striped socks are stretched out beside the tray.

Hurkle Durkling



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Comments

[pameladean]

That's a nice effect, the end of the bed leading to the snowy tunnel of street trees.

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[ndrosen]

Lovely scenery, so long as you don’t need to trudge to work or to the grocery store through it. Enjoy your hurkle durkling; I have work to finish, if I possibly can, so I’ll have deal with my duties as a civil servant.

[dreamshark]

Nice. Did you take that street picture? It's beautiful.

[d_square]

Love the sense of humor you have in your work.