Mystic remains partially paralyzed after last weekend's 11" snow. Schools and businesses were closed; some streets, including my downtown street are only plowed for one lane. On-the-street parking is amlost non-existent because of the plowed drifts. The river is almost completely frozen over. Bitter cold in the teens and a biting wind kept most everyone inside. In sheltered spots the sun was delightfully warming. Geese congregate on the river ice, megansers swim in the open water, rabbits track across the snow to where they oncve fed on my chard. We've had winter, let spring begin.