Main Street was all-but deserted, with just a few hardy (masochistic?) businesses open. Can't imagine they had any walk-in traffic today. Commiserated with one gallery owner who was smart enough to close her gallery for the day at noon (but not smart enough to extend her Florida vacation). Sent an email whining about the snow to a friend who edits a newspaper in Vermont. His reply: "Six to ten inches today; six to ten on Saturday. Forty-one miles of ski trails are open."
Bring it on, in other words.
So, what exactly can you say about winter? Here are some quotes found on the internet this morning. At least a few should give you a smile, or something to think about:
"I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood." -- Bill Watterson.
"For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned it is the season of the harvest." -- The Talmud.
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." --Ann Bradstreet
"To shorten winter, borrow some money due in spring." W.J. Vogel.
"Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring." --Dorothy Parker.
"People don't notice whether it's winter or sumer when they're happy." --Anton Chekhov.
"Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat."
"Too bad Lassie didn't know how to ice skate, because then if she was in Holland on vacation in winter, and someone said, 'Lassie, go skate for help,' she could do it." -- Jack Handy.
"Winter is nature's way of saying, 'Up yours.' " --Robert Byrn.
"Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough." --Earl Wilson.
"One kind word can warm three winter months." --Japanese Proverb.
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