"Swinter!" Alan used to say in a combination of astonishment, enthusiasm and mock despair at the first real snowfall, and on appropriate other days during the course of the winter. Well, 'swinter here, with the first snowfall yesterday. Not a real dump, just a few inches, enough to whiten all the rooftops and remind us all that this is, after all, The North. It's actually very pretty and invigorating - later today I'll dress warm (or should that be warmly?) and go get groceries.
It's moving on to the 21st of October, which means there will be only two more months of increasingly shorter days before, on the 21st of December, the days start to lengthen again. For now, I'm finding it all quite cozy. Especially when the wind howls around the building, as it did the other night, I look out on the lights of the city and appreciate the beautiful and warm place I call home.
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