A shoutout to the wind for proving it’s always a prime player in our coastal weather game. Sunday evening saw local gusts over 70 mph. I took an unofficial 72 mph reading. By Monday, a solid showing of steady 50-mph straight winds and subfreezing temps made it feel just about as raw as we get, evoking ye olde “Blow, blow, thou winter wind …” and something about “man’s ingratitude.” Whatever.

You know it’s becoming an overlong winter when I resort to Billy Shakespeare and his As You Like it – or hate it, as…