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Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Lies Of Blizzard
The Hartford Courant reported yesterday that the weekend snowstorm was among the "worst" ever. Residents of the Northeast who lost power, or who were obliged to travel the highways to get to work or in response to emergencies, or who had a wedding planned, or were trying to catch a flight in vain, might be inclined to agree. But to the rest of us -- worst? Why not best?On Sunday night, intrepid dinner guests walked through the "blizzard" to our house, and home again afterwards. None were reported missing the next day, and all had found the outing invigorating.
As always after a storm, the morning sky turned brilliantly blue -- and the trees still glowed from nature's inspiring performance.
Where did we get the idea that snow is a terrrible thing? How did the joyous snowfall of youth, which, hooray, cancelled classes for the day, become just one more anxiety of adulthood?
Next time there are warnings of doom, haul a few logs in for a fire, gather a few books you have meant to read, put a pot of soup on the stove, and try to think of this as -- sorry to quote Martha Stewart -- a good thing.
Posted by:Lary Bloom at 7:57 AM
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