I was up reading articles in the news on my computer and for some reason turned around and looked out the library window in my daughter’s house and there was white rain coming down pretty hard. Some call it snow. It felt really cold out on this December day not long before the year’s shortest day. It does feel like the shortest day is coming as we get up when it’s dark and then by 5ish it’s dark again. The other night I was a little tired and said I was going up to my room thinking it time for pjs and bed. I walked my dog one more time and went up. It was really dark outside. Well of course it was dark it was 6:45. I realized that even if I was sleepy then I’d probably wake up around midnight and think I’d gotten a full night sleep. Alas… So I read for a while. Then watched Midsomer’s Mysteries. (note to self…if ever in small British town and there’s a murder … run because there will probably be 3 more). It was now 8:45. Still too early to go to bed.
They anticipated more snow than we’ve gotten here as they called off school. But it was supposed to be a snow event and they didn’t want to get the kids to school and then not be able to get them home. (the One time they had a snow day when we lived in Logan, UT for twelve years was when a blizzard came into the valley about 5am and they were worried about getting kids home at the end of the day.) Here a dusting can cause schools to close.
It is coming up on Christmas and everyone wants to sing White Christmas to a snow covered ground. This year I’d say let the snow come the day after Christmas, which is on a Sunday.
I realize how much I depend on the light to let me know the time of day. Right now it seems pretty late in the afternoon though it isn’t.. .. Even here. but when I turned around just now…. whoa more snow.
The Spirit Will Tell You 