Frozen

Here’s how cold it’s been in the environs of the District They Call Columbia: I noticed this frozen puddle of water on Monday’s walk:

I thought the pattern was kind of pretty.

What I do not think is pretty is this:

I’ve seen this person/sleeping bag along the W&OD for a while, and it’s appalling and outrageous that in the jumped-up People’s Republic, there folks sleeping rough even in these miserable temperatures.