Comments on: The forever winter of our discontent

By: Skin Care News

Skin Care News — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:51:48 +0000

Winter Forever…

Tired of cold weather and dry skin here…….

By: sheila

sheila — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:27:29 +0000

I don’t want to be one of those people who are always bellyaching about the weather but yesterday’s storm was too damn much! 10 inches of snow followed by freezing rain. 12 hours without electricity. What can you do by candlelight? The low light and the flickering and all the various fragrances add up to a dilly of a headache. Yeah, so bring on the Spring. The crocus and the snowdrop and the daffodil and the sweet, sweet sound of birds singing can’t come too soon for me.

By: Abby

Abby — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:14:44 +0000

I live in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. The geese migrate through here, gathering in huge poopy flocks at every pond and golf course and high school football field available. A few stick around all summer, hatching babies, or at least trying to. Where I work there is a pond that attracts a few breeding pairs, which in turn has resulted in some human-goose run-ins. The local Goostapo’s solution is to coat the eggs with oil so they won’t hatch, a cruel practice in my opinion. Personally, I prefer the company of geese over people. Does that qualify me as a hermit?

By: zoom!

zoom! — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:16:09 +0000

Mmmm. Yummy. Warm earth. Bare feet. Bare legs. No jackets. Strappy shoes. More daylight. Being able to just step outside without arming yourself against the elements first! Gardening! Real sun! Eating on the deck! Sandals! Open windows! Bikes!

Yes!!!

Gillian – welcome back! Oma – I’m glad you’re still loving it. XUP, you too! Abby, where are you from that they don’t love Canada Geese?? Margery – you’re absolutely right about why I capitalize Spring and Fall.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:25:41 +0000

Oh yes, sitting on the patio! Bare legs! Open windows! And let’s not forget the bike. There comes a time in the Winter when I suddenly feel like a Sherpa, lugging groceries every damned day on my back. The bike is freedom.

By: Abby

Abby — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:33:32 +0000

Canada geese – hahahahha – they are not well liked around these parts (Indiana). I like ‘em fine, though, and in the past month have witnessed several V’s flying north, then south, then north, and last night south again. Our weather has been schizoid, to say the least…. I’m looking forward to mornings when I can roll out of bed, pull on a pair of shorts and sandals, and walk the dog with coffee in hand.

By: Don Mills Diva

Don Mills Diva — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:45:26 +0000

Oh the yearning – you put perfectly into words my reluctance to starting hating, to start getting depressed this early. I can’t wait to eat my first meal on our back deck…

By: XUP

XUP — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:41:01 +0000

This year, my first in Ottawa, I’m not minding winter so much because I know in a few weeks, lovely spring will arrive. Winter in Halifax was hell — not so cold and hardly any snow but wet, wet, wet and windy and dark and all we had to look forward to was more wet, wind and marginally less chilly temperatures until about July when it would warm up a tad more, but still be wet and windy and dark. Also, it’s so exciting to see the mornings lightening up a bit more each week. And I went skating on the canal for the first time in my life last weekend. It was fun. Really, I’m rather enjoying winter.

By: donna lee

donna lee — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:06:19 +0000

Crocuses. I’m looking forward to crocuses. Although we haven’t had any snow here in New Jersey, we have had inches and inches of cold, cold rain. The kind that gets into your collar and just chills you to the bone. I want some real sun. And daylight.

By: Oma

Oma — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:40:20 +0000

Maybe you should come out to the lake, Zoom. Winter here is beautiful, so beautiful that I am not looking forward to muddy puppy paws.