Thursday, February 07, 2008
what i like about winter...
as far as the winter weather in illinois is concerned
today would not be considered "beautiful" by any
far stretch of the
imagination
i woke up this morning
it was 35 degrees
it was raining
and
snowing
i dutifully braved
this mess of water and icy sludge
to teach my 10 a.m. class
however
when i left fairchild hall and was walking back to my car at
11 a.m the icy snow-rain was gone
the wind ceased and it this absence
the most beautiful snowfall that i have ever
witnessed
materialized...
big...no HUGE fluffy flakes were
falling all around me like a gauzy curtain and since
there was no wind the cold seemed
tolerable
i walked slowly across the quad
taking it all in
it seemed for just one moment
that i was the only person on earth
and the only sound was the very
soft static sound of the snow as
it landed
this snow only lasted for roughly an hour
before the nastiness returned
but it was in that ghostly silent
beauty that i felt some kind of peace and
grace
if only for a moment
and for me it is within and between these moments
that keep me going
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