I'm not saying I never want to hunker down in some log cabin with only a fireplace and a pile of logs in between me and some forecast that ends with "...and a wind chill of...".
I'm just saying that, for now, I've had enough winter in my life. Every body needs to feel the passing of the seasons. This winter, though, the turkey will be carved at a restaurant somewhere between here and Florida, on our drive to our new home. When we get there, Santa Claus is just as likely to be in board shorts singing "Feliz Navidad" when the inevitable onslaught of Christmas comes.
There will be a winter with that fireplace and that forecast, and when it happens, I will love and embrace it because I chose it.
This year, though, I'm polishing my Spanish and finding bicycle routes I can discover in February.
'In seed time, learn. In harvest, teach. In winter, enjoy.'--William Blake
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