Saturday, January 21, 2012

First Snow!



I was in Florida in late October and missed our unseasonably early snow storm here, that ended up shutting down parts of Westchester, Connecticut and New Jersey for a week.  


Even though I'm already tired of wearing my big puffy coat, and fantasizing about the next big, equally unsexy puffy coat I will buy, and have already had a big dose of spring fever and some magical thinking that we would actually miss winter when we had 50 and 60 degree temperatures around the New Year...there is something so exciting about waking up, looking outside, and seeing a carpet of white for the first time.


I remember a line from John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany" where the author mentioned that his grandmother used to say snow was very healing. He commented on her New England perspective, saying that it was a typical Yankee way to think:  If there's a lot of it, it must be good for you! 


This leopard has not changed her spots.  I am still sea air, salt water and palm tree dreaming, though first snow of the season makes everything feel fresh, new, alive with possibilities.


While by far not my favorite month, that is the gift of January. 

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