Samhain \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Thanksgiving Moon<\/p>\n
Sitting here, the gas stove burning away behind me, the weather system panel above showing 19 degrees outside. \u00a0The patio furniture has snow cover easily at the 14-16 inch level. \u00a0The patio umbrella, still outside to my surprise, has a conical hat that looks a lot like the pope’s bee hive crown. \u00a0The bees have formed themselves into balls, crawling over each other to keep the entire colony warm.<\/p>\n
Outside the window here the view is now white and sculpted as opposed to yesterday’s green-brown and late fall dismal. \u00a0The world narrows now, down to the yard, the house. \u00a0Inside baking and writing and sewing and dogs sleeping. \u00a0Outside the world has become Arctic.<\/p>\n
These are the days that people notice, those not living in a northern climate,\u00a0and wonder, why do they live there? \u00a0It’s a fair question. \u00a0We wonder the same about Phoenix in September. \u00a0Florida in hurricane season. \u00a0Las Vegas and L.A. in a drought. \u00a0Yet we have our preferences, we humans. \u00a0Those of us who live here love the change, the magical transformation snow brings. \u00a0We know how to dress for the cold, to enjoy it.<\/p>\n
If you want to see the north in its true dress, come visit in late December or January. \u00a0Then. \u00a0Then you’ll see us at our happiest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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