There is a dusting of snow on the ground now, which makes the light behave in a way it only does in winter. At certain times of day it seems the light comes from nowhere, that it just is some integral component of the air.
It is cold, but cold feels different to me lately. I may have crossed some invisible biological boundary. I might be time for me to admit the possibility that I am no longer (physiologically speaking) a desert rat.
Come January, I will start my 5th year in Iowa. I can't say I ever would have chosen this place off a map and decided to live here, but I'm used to it now. There is even something about the deep freeze of winter that I like. I suppose it reminds me of the summers in Arizona. If you venture forth unprepared, you really could die out there.
Thursday, December 08, 2011
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