Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Coming and Going
It is hard to believe that soon the day will start to get longer, although as my friend explained to me, because of the proportions, it will not seem to be any longer until well into January. I should get him to explain the situation to me again. The sun is out now, yet so low on the horizon that it seems to be rising rather than having risen two hours ago. I am once again bombarded by people – clerks and radio announcers -- bemoaning the lack of snow. “We won’t have a white Christmas.” Was this ridiculous yearning started by Bing Crosby: “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas”? At a time of year when everyone is on the road, making an heroic attempt to get home for Christmas, who wants snow? Who wants a loved one to be driving on the awful stretch of road between Riviere-du-Loup and the New Brunswick border in a blizzard? Someone waiting to collect the insurance money? Someone I love is going to be in a bus on that stretch of road today. Tomorrow two people I love are going to be in a car on that road going the other way. I’m dreaming of a brown Christmas.
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I like the new colour scheme - for Christmas?
I also have difficulty listening to weather reports that talk vaguely about 'good' weather. I prefer the mist, cool temperatures, strong winds and hidden sun. I doubt they are talking about that type of 'good' weather.
Hope you family has a lovely reunion.
Oh, my typos haunt me.
A brown Christmas is a good one, Nancy Ruth! Here we are literally white with frost, and subject to lots of freezing fog. I am very glad not to have loved ones attempting to battle it out with the roads at the moment. Only today our nearest motorway was closed for most of the morning (stranding traffic for hours and hours) because not only had a lorry jacknifed, but the crane coming to lift it off the road had broken down too! Our country cannot cope in any way with difficult weather conditions, and the roads are the place where this is clearly dramatised.
A brown Christmas is a good one, Nancy Ruth! Here we are literally white with frost, and subject to lots of freezing fog. I am very glad not to have loved ones attempting to battle it out with the roads at the moment. Only today our nearest motorway was closed for most of the morning (stranding traffic for hours and hours) because not only had a lorry jacknifed, but the crane coming to lift it off the road had broken down too! Our country cannot cope in any way with difficult weather conditions, and the roads are the place where this is clearly dramatised.
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