I have seen you coming for weeks now, seen your steely gaze from afar and your shadows in the night. Today at 12:47 pm you officially arrived, antcipated by all and unwelcome by most.
Yes, today, winter is officially here. It isn't as cold today as it could be and there is still no significant (or even minor) snow around the city. Still, the arrival of winter has come upon us, those frigid nights of darkness and loneliness that beg for reflection and resolution.
It can be a wonderful season of renewal and promise and it can be a terrible season of sadness and bitterness. It is part of our National myth and a part of our collective psyche.
The only thing I am left to wonder at this moment is whether we will be blessed with white Christmas, a rainy, icy cold Christmas day or a full out assault by Mother Nature with a storm to anger and check us.
Here's a glass of egg nog hoping it is just a nice snow.
Happy Winter all.
-s
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