Gail

# Chapter 137

It is not officially Winter yet, but we just had our first snow storm of the year. It was so big they gave it the name Gail, which was appropriate since it had gale force winds blowing the snow into drifts mounded up high against the buildings and houses. The wind chills were and are in the low teens, I think windchill at the moment is 10 degrees F, and like I said, its not officially Winter yet!

Far too cold for enjoying much of anything outside, but the views are great. The snow reflects the light so much that it was far brighter from the ambient light last night than it would have normally been. The whole neighborhood seemed to glow.

I enjoy watching snow fall as much as anyone, but today is gonna be a shoveling and snowblower day as we try to clean up the stuff, it won’t be pretty and spotless for long, as we get out in it this morning. And the kids in the neighborhood will be wanting to play in it if it warms up some later today. We did not have snow very often when I was a kid and we never had the right gear for being in it or playing in it or on it, but we made do. At the end of playing in the cold there was always something good and hot to eat or drink or both, and you could warm up next to the heater. Honestly I can only remember 3-4 good snows as a kid and teenager.

Most of my best snow memories have been made in Pennsylvania or Macedonia, though we did have some occasional epic ski adventures in Switzerland, Germany and California and Colorado and Alaska.

Time to go get the shovel out.