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The Edge of November
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The Edge of November |
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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
Canadians: Alaskans: (at the very moment I am writing this I am listening to Gordon Lightfoot, The wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald). The polar jet ominously dips. A monstrous system brews in the Gulf of Alaska. A potent brew of polar continental air, born over the dry Siberian steppes, and North Pacific Arctic air, rakes southward and eastward, raking across North America, drawing the first icy curtain across the continent. And banks and businesses and schools will close; and people, who have nothing to complain about, will start complaining As Nature upsets their petty little plans ... ever so carelessly made plans ... But not mine! You see, I like to test myself and walk into the Arctic blast, (although I also hate to go out in it). the sand blast of wind-driven snow and sleet. They remind me of the elemental forces of Nature, they show me how I am a part of that Nature; that I belong to its harsh and elemental beauty. (Midnitesun understands this about me). I even like getting disoriented in the storm, When swirling, drifting snow obscures the sidewalks and curbs and everything. And I have to stop and think: Where direction I am going? ... Which way is the wind blowing? ... And what did they say in the newscast? ... Sometimes having to walk by dead reckoning, stepping very carefully, cane in hand, tapping, exploring, and sometimes STILL not finding the way, before some sighted guy says am I lost? And how good a cup of coffee feels and smells and tastes later on. For, you see, like everybody else, I love snow; for, you see, like everybody else, I hate snow ... Well, it's not so bad as long as there aren't eleven feet of it. The polar jet ominously dips. ... And Superior, they said, never gives up Her dead when the gales of November come early. southern Cross |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Gosh, Jaime, I thoroughly enjoyed that cold blast of November air. I bundle myself up and venture out into the heaviest snowstorms ~ even at night! I look like a walking snowman. ~ or the Abominable Snowman. Actually, I look like a friggin Yeti in one of my "blizzard" coats. lol But it keeps me warm on the coldest of our Canadian winter days. This was a very enjoyable read. Thank you! Loving hug and a smile, EA |
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