Snow

Quote of the Day

"Change is one of the great things about snow. It has the same effect as Mardi Gras or Carnival. It is time-out from the ordinary. Like dressing up and dancing in the street, the snowed-on world is not simply the regular world with a covering over it, it is somewhere newly made and unknown, all familiarity erased into whiteness. And none of the every day rules apply. There are special dispensations -- you may not be able to go to school or work; if you do, there's nothing regular about it, everything is late, teachers don't arrive, appointments aren't kept, the ineluctable timetable of the day is suddenly eluctable."
--Jenny Diski

More here: The world made new

February decided, at the last minute, not to let us off easy. It's snowing furiously here right now. Nothing I can do about it, except shovel it away from the front steps and try to appreciate the altered landscape. Maybe I'll take some pictures to marvel at during some August heatwave.
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