As I sit here, chilly and tired at 2 p.m. on a Friday afternoon, another snowstorm is headed toward Boston. I’ve lived in several snow-friendly regions over the years, from upstate New York, where snow days were a regular part…
Snow is headed toward Boston
It’s 5:14 p.m. on Thursday, February 7, and the sun is setting on our mixed, gritty, enduring Boston suburb. I see streaks of orange in the darkening sky behind the rooftops and bare trees on the opposite side of the…
Snow
Boston was hit by a snowstorm last night for the first time in nearly a year. We’ve had the strangest winters over the last few years. Two winters ago we were deluged with mountains of snow for weeks on end,…
It is what it is
I wonder if there is a pithy lesson or thoughtful metaphor I can draw from the snow that has been falling on Boston. It seems as if the snow has been falling forever, non-stop, although of course that’s not the…