Three winters
December 11 2011, 9:54 PM
There are three winters within each winter season. The first, early winter,
can actually be lovely. The temperatures are cold but not terribly so.
Often you can go out with no gloves or hat. If you celebrate Christmas,
there is all that to look forward to. Next comes the bleak midwinter, sometime in January and lasting through
until the end of February. This is the cold heart of winter. You need to
psychologically strengthen yourself to get through this part, but if you
learn how to make the most of it, it passes quickly, like all time. Finally there is late winter. Winter falters then: days lengthen, ice
melts, the earliest of flowers - snowdrops! - appear. You can already taste
spring, and summer seems possible and not just a cruel memory. Winter seems long, but each of the three winters is short. They whip by
like speed skaters or tobagganers.
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can actually be lovely. The temperatures are cold but not terribly so.
Often you can go out with no gloves or hat. If you celebrate Christmas,
there is all that to look forward to. Next comes the bleak midwinter, sometime in January and lasting through
until the end of February. This is the cold heart of winter. You need to
psychologically strengthen yourself to get through this part, but if you
learn how to make the most of it, it passes quickly, like all time. Finally there is late winter. Winter falters then: days lengthen, ice
melts, the earliest of flowers - snowdrops! - appear. You can already taste
spring, and summer seems possible and not just a cruel memory. Winter seems long, but each of the three winters is short. They whip by
like speed skaters or tobagganers.
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Sent from my BlackBerry Handheld.