The softly falling snow lilts southward across the landscape, gently feathering its way downward onto the monumentous piles, further blocking site lanes at street corners. February has a tight hold upon the world, bitter, white and formidable.
On the far distant horizon, barely a glimpse of spring can be imagined, past the gloom and grayness of the white world.
Winter is snuggling on the couch, a book's unbroken binding beckoning, the musky scent of beagle wafting from the carelessly tossed throw, a mug of steaming cider swirling with cinnamon paths cupped in cold hands, furry lined slippers waiting for toes to slip inside.
Wandering Things and Stuffs
Friday, February 15, 2013
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
It’s hot outside, a dry bakey kind of heat that takes your breath away
when you step from the crisp coolness of inside across the threshold to the
oven.
Summer takes on many
forms:
· days like today that
are reminiscent of the old Nestea
commercials where the hot, hot guy falls backwards into a cool refreshing
swimming pool as he takes a drink of the magical beverage.
· dreary thunderstorm
ridden days where the booming of the skies and the flashes of lightening force
everyone to seek cover inside.
· soft rainy days that
beckon children outdoors to splash in puddles, building engineering marvels of
rivers and deltas.
· hot days with just
enough temperature to make the beach seem like a good idea without making you
gasp for breath .
The common theme
among all those days are the endless hours of light that make the days seem to
stretch for weeks. When you awaken in the morning, the sun is already shining brightly,
crooking her finger to call you outdoors. When the day wans and you lay down to
sleep, the light still hovers on the horizon.
These days always
make me look backwards to my childhood spent in Mississippi, with no air
conditioning, playing outside, chasing in with the slamming of the wooden
screen door, the buzz of mosquitoes in the air, the smell of the evening fogger
machine as it snaked through the neighborhoods misting the world with its
deadly weapon against the pests, homemade ice cream with tidbits of fresh
peaches, miles of pedaling my bike, croquet in the yard with neighborhood kids,
the rare treat of Choctaw Lake excursions where the murky lukewarm water felt
like heaven and the dry crusty peanut butter jelly sandwiches tasted better
than any caviar or filet mignon, a good book to curl up with when the heat
overcame the power of youth, the magical nights my parents turned on the room
sized air conditioner in the living room, them sleeping on the foldout sofa
with my sister and I on 'pallets' (a pile of folded blankets) on the floor.
And I wonder about
kids today.. with their video games and cell phones, air conditioning in more
places than not... and I think what a waste of youth and adventure and
imagination...
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