Minnesota Winter
“Minnesota winter has not changed, but my perspective has. Furthermore, with my change of perspective, I’m actually enjoying myself a lot more. My greater happiness did not come from external changes, but from internal ones.” Minnesota Winter
A beard helps protect the face: particularly helpful when plowing or snowblowing and the wind is whipping:
It’s been a while since I had time to enjoy a slow read of some Nick of Time.
This one brings back mostly childhood memories, though a scattering of adult ones as well. I didn’t grow up in MN, but we had had real winters most years in Michigan. And I do remember thinking there was a lot that was pretty neat (I wanted to avoid ‘cool’ there, for obvious reasons) about the season. The sounds always really struck me… and the amazing variety of forms snow can take. There really is nothing quite like standing still in a wooded area for an hour or so completely alone on a very, very cold day. What you eventually notice—sight and sound, but especially sound—is indeed amazing.
Also never thought I’d see “who’da thunkit” in a Bauder essay.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.
In NC, Fall and Spring are my favorite seasons, and even with our bad winter weather, I prefer it to our usual very hot summers. I love when I can get away to some place that has real winter weather.
Dave Barnhart
- Less tent caterpillars
- Less riffraft (if you’ve ever been to San Francisco the contrast is striking (in contrast with Minneapolis))
As a kid, I loved 85-90% of the MN winters. Now I am 42, and I have been living in AZ or Hawaii for the last 33 years. There is nothing appealing about a return to deep snow country. I am currently living in Prescott Valley where we get snow a few times a year, but not much. Enough for my small children to play for a couple days, but never enough to need a shovel. That’s about all the snow I can enjoy right now.
Why is it that my voice always seems to be loudest when I am saying the dumbest things?
I adored Bauder’s article! Absolutely loved it. (BTW the link is no longer usable)
I grew up in MN, winter is my *favorite* time of year for all the reasons he has come to appreciate it…although I don’t run/jog, or ice fish. My husband and I hit the snowmobile trails, that’s our winter thing, this year we brought the grands for a ride :-)
(had a pic but can’t see any “upload from…” type option in the Image link..?)
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Here is global link to NofTime archive: http://www.centralseminary.edu/resources/nick-of-time
As of this time links to individual articles return “Internal Server Error - An error occurred while processing your request.”
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