Wednesday, December 03, 2008-Part II
Cold has come and the ground is icy. With no money in the public coffers the streets and sidewalks are not being cleared. Walking home last night took about 15 minutes, double the normal duration of my traverse of the route. Negotiating the route was a bit of a no win choice, walking in the streets was slippery and treacherous for large sheets of ice were everywhere, walking on the sidewalks meant finding the path under the hard pack snow. It does not seem like this will get better anytime soon. Listening to the Harvard guy who was declaring that we were in a recession left me feeling like it may be five years before anything actually gets better, if then. Thus get used to nature and make your peace with it. Drive slower, walk slower and maybe you will arrive intact. At the more leisurely pace maybe you will notice some of the details of life's fabric, not just the blurred patterns.
It is however the season of light. Advent is here. Each night as I walk home the houses along the way have more and more decorative lights. One block on my usual route is a group of homes that appear to have been built to resemble a street from a small 18th century English town. The lights on these brick sided lead paned windowed dwellings are tasteful and understated this year. The houses are just basically outlined in the white/grey LED lights that have grown popular in the last two or three years. The effect is ethereal in the early evening. Advent, the coming of light, even in tough times the little celebrations of hope can cheer one’s soul.
1 comment:
Gosh. I especially like the houses with the old style inefficient electric icicles. Particularly when the residents put them up in October and leave them up until July.
Walk, and ponder, safely, my friend.
JDB
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