Rime and reason

Icy front porch this morning, and I damned near took a whipper as I stepped out to get the morning paper. We waited until the heavy frost melted away before heading out for my mom's walk. She said she felt very old today, which I have decided to take as a warning, so we just did four blocks.
Got over to the climbing gym and put up a new moderate route, which was immediately tried by a couple of friends who approved it. They have told me they like my routes because they "make sense," which I encouraged them to pass on to the management. Perhaps it has something to do with my lack of testosterone...
Must make headway in Eva Trout tonight.