Blizzard of '06

Snow is the reason I tolerate winter. And this "winter" the Northeast has had a severe lack of snow. Well, no longer. Now we have a bunch. I thought it was interesting to see what my Dashboard's weather widgets looked like this morning. A whole bunch of white (apparently it was foggy in SF).

There was at least a foot out there, and it was beautiful. Dee and I stayed inside and took advantage of the day. It's really great when you have nothing to do but wait out a storm. You only worry about the most basic things and simplify the day. The only major goal was digging out the cars for tomorrow.

The snow can really relax you. It softens the sounds of our modern life. It transforms the visual landscape. It harkens back to youthful excitement.


It scares me that we haven't seen snow in a while. It scares me that we have temperatures in the 50s during the months of January and February. I can't recall an average winter, spring or fall these past few years. It could be a climatic anomaly, but what if it isn't? What if this is becoming a trend? What if we only know typical weather by freak storms and weather patterns? I have no doubt that nature will persevere... but will we?