It’s cold. There were
even a very few snow flurries in Waycross, Georgia. There are blizzards throughout the
northeast. Please, please, understand
that this does not mean global warming has been rescinded. 2015 was the warmest year in recorded history;
that dubious honor will be passed to 2016.
I am thrilled to have cold weather; it reminds me that there
is still a balance in nature. It allows
me to wear my jackets, scarves and cozy pajamas. It makes my black lab Artie very happy. Plus, I know all too soon it will be hot
again and the heat will go on and on and on…..
Yes, I grew up in the north so maybe that’s why I like the
change of seasons. I truly do believe
that change is good and balance is needed.
Forgive me, but I get really annoyed at people who are always freezing
and saying “I just can’t wait for summer!”
Like summer is a rarity? Summer
begins in May and goes through November in South Georgia. We have approximately two weeks of actual
coldness. Come on, people, deal!
I miss snow. I probably
wouldn’t enjoy trying to get around in a blizzard, but then they have snow days
when it gets really bad, or at least everything is forced to stop for a while. For that short space of time, everything is
white, clean and silent, certainly a rarity in New York City. I know right now my daughter is not
particularly happy about knowing she has to trudge through cold wetness to get
to work and she will probably be happy if a southward move is in her near
future. Bless her heart, as they say
down here, she grew up in the South.
I think you appreciate warmth more when you’re cold for a
while. I appreciate a chill in the air
after months of heat. Yin and yang,
black and white, up and down, hard and soft….
It’s the way things are supposed to be.
I hate to think that future generations may have a world
without polar ice caps and with more flooding and weather extremes. I’ve read science fiction stories that
involve humans cultivating new planets after trashing Earth; it makes one hopeful. But that is fiction—we are trashing our
planet without another one to go to.
Take the cold weather and the snow as the way things are
supposed to be. Those of you who can’t
wait until it’s hot again—be careful what you wish for…
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