Remember this in the days to come: Snow

This needs to be documented so I can remember it later.

I woke up this morning to a truly gorgeous, snow-covered world.

And I remembered the wonderful thing about snow: it makes the world lighter.


There are many unpleasant things about winter--cold, ice, snow, more cold, dry skin, etc. But the #1 thing I don't like, even hate, about winter is the DARKNESS. It is awful.

In Boston it is more awful than some places--both because we're so far north and because we're so far east. We really should be in a different time zone. So, the few precious hours of light are half spent in too early morning hours and we don't get to see them.
Then, it's been raining for weeks here (with a few clear days) so darker than normal.

This morning I work up and the world was oh, so bright. Almost as white and bright as the temple--now that is something to be happy about.  So this morning I'm happy.

Just remind me when I have to walk out and drive in it later.


p.s. A sad side of this is that I live in a house where the kitchen is largely lighted by two big skylights. They get covered with snow (that sometimes doesn't melt for ages) and our kitchen is dark. Sad. But at least most of the world is brighter!