-
Truth in Advertising: A Novel
by: John Kenney • view -
Flight Behavior: A Novel
by: Barbara Kingsolver • view -
Rabbit, Run
by: John Updike • view -
The Happiness Project
by: Gretchen Rubin • view -
Mamas Bank Account
by: Kathryn Forbes • view -
If It's A Choice, My Zygote Chose Balls
by: Jeremy Hooper • view -
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
by: Deb Perelman • view -
Baked Elements: Our 10 Favorite Ingredients
by: Matt Lewis • view -
Home Vegetable Gardening
by: F.P. Rockwell • view -
Classic Zester
Microplane • view -
Hand Blender
Cuisinart • view -
Blade for 5-Quart KitchenAid Mixers
New Metro Design • view -
Cut Kit Tray
Hydrofarm • view -
Seedling Heat Mat
Hydrofarm • view -
Grow Light System
Hydrofarm • view
-
The History of US: A Novel
by: Leah Stewart • view -
The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink
by: Kevin Young • view -
A Prayer for Owen Meany
by: John Irving • view -
Edible Selby
by: Todd Selby • view -
Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect and Inhumane Treament..
by: Gail A. Eisnitz • view -
Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of
by: Andrew Beahrs • view -
Meatless: More Than 200 of the Very Best Vegetarian Recipes
by: Martha Stewart Living • view -
Pure Vanilla: Irresistible Recipes and Essential Techniques
by: Shauna Sever • view -
American Beauty: Renovating and Decorating a Beloved Retreat
by: Thom Filicia • view -
Cookie Cutter Set
Wilton • view -
60-Ounce Utensil Crock
BIA Cordon Bleu • view -
Jumbo Spoon Rest
BIA Cordon Bleu • view -
Stainless Watering Can
Blomus • view -
Copper Watering Can
Master Craft • view -
Stainless Steel Pinwheel
Blomus • view
For a Few Hours, It Snowed.
- posted in:
- 1802 Blogs
- / Josh's Blog
It snowed today.
That’s it.
Not a lot. Not a dusting.
It wasn’t the soft blanket-y holiday-type snow. Or a SNOWPOCALYPSE.
Just some snow.
Not a single person went into their driveway with a yardstick to measure it. No schoolkid imagined a better tomorrow.
It was just a little more snow on top of last week’s dirty leftover snow. Next week, it’ll be last week’s dirty leftover snow.
This wasn’t snuggly hot chocolate snow. It was tepid-third-cup-of-coffee-that-had-been-left-on-the-burner-for-most-of-the-morning snow.
A few folks delayed their errands. But only till they heard the plow go by. They needed something from Rite Aid that they forgot once they got there. Which was a pain, because afterall, they’d gone out in the snow. They bought other things so as not to waste the trip.
There were no curly cue drifts to marvel at. It was slouchy snow. Slumpy teenage snow. It was the sky saying “I’m bored.”
It’s the sort of snow that clumps up behind your tires. Until it falls off. Or you kick it.
The goats checked it out. Meh.
Then it stopped snowing.
There’s none planned tomorrow. Or the next day.
It was the sort of snowfall that exists for no other reason than to actively remind you that it’s mid-January.
It was just snowblesse oblige.
Love your writing!
Snow is snow. Beautiful without trying. And that’s the beauty of it.
It rained really hard last night in Olive Bridge. Our woods had a beautiful cover of snow, and the shadows of the trees in the full moon were beautiful. Then it rained. Now no snow remains, just brown leaves and some mud. However, flurries are predicted for tomorrow so all will be beautiful. I enjoy snow even though when there is a lot I cannot get out of my very long driveway even in 4 wheel drive. Centralia
Had that same snow in Raleigh last week, lol
Moved from Seattle back to Phoenix, AZ … miss those light snow daze … instead going from 80 degrees back down to 66 back up to high 70s in January … prefer the days as shown in your photos, absolutely beautiful!
Heh, that is how I was feeling about the rain in So Cal today. Not a huge stormy rain, not a misty rain, just a basic rain.
Sometimes snow is…just snow.
Not a Big Fat snow, a wet-slushy snow, a frozen-stinging snow,
but the fluffy light stuff from the pic of your car.
Here in SC, They freak out over Just Snow. I miss it…
Josh! Have just read ‘The Bucolic Plague” for the 3rd time… What a great read and story about you and Brent. We have recovered from our first BIG snow of the winter here in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains of southwest Virginia; a foot’s worth of beauty and fun!! And it’s hanging around waiting for more as my Grandmother used to say!!! It’s January! It’s winter!! Let’s enjoy it while we can!! The best to you, Brent, Farmer John, Polka Spot, the goats and the rest of Sharon Springs!!
Glad you liked the book, Todd!
It was so cold in Chicago this morning that my eyeballs froze as I was walking to work. Then I read this and it made me laugh and forget all about my cold eyeballs. Thank you.
And for a few hours……it snowed again…….today! Hooray!
For a few hours it snowed again and now we are getting ice! Tomorrow it is supposed to rain and be in the 50 s on Wednesday. What crazy New York weather. It seems when I was little, it snowed all the time and the snow banks were so high that you couldn’t see over them. The best part was walking to school on top of them! How foolish we were! What fun we had! Give me the good old days……today they would have turned my mom into social services after hot lining her for being an unfit mother! Imagine that and I survived it and the memories are oh so good!!!!!:)
Are you ready for the several hours that it is about to snow leaving us oh so much more!!!!!?
Let us know how much you get from this storm!
We love your humor, Josh!
Have a nice day, Brent & Josh! :*
Send some to Chicago, please. We haven’t had any to speak of this winter. Bad for the perennials, you know.
I love that kind of snow……you take a walk outside
in it and it feels like you are trapped inside a snow globe.
Lovely, I love to go outside when its been snowing for awhile just stand and listen to the snow fall so peaceful and calmilng. Thank you for sharing.
Yeh.
It doesn’t matter what kind of snow it was. It looks beautiful.
Ah….January…I love it and hate it at the same time…..
Talk about creative! What a nice way to write about “slumpy teenage snow”.
Yesterday in PA, everything shimmered and glistened from ice. The hemlocks, pines and spruce trees drooped from their heavily laden boughs while the branches of our weeping cherry tree hung like translucent icicles.
This is the type of snow we’re going to get later today here in East Tennessee. Just enough to say so but not enough to halt everything. Maybe 2 inches but tomorrow it will be up to mid 40′s so it will all disappear. Love to see the snow up your way. But I can’t say I miss it since I moved away from there.
I’m a bit further downstate than you guys – and we had Beautiful snow. Stick to every branch snow. I felt guilty for not going out with my camera. . .
I will take the little snow so dry in oklahoma. Love your post.
snow look nicer at your place because it is so open and clear.
Right now we are snow free and I hope it stays that way. Sorry kids, I’m too old to enjoy going out in the snow.
Josh please keep writing
So essentially, you thought of the last line and needed a post to lead up to it? You are charming enough to get away with it.
Why isn’t your vehicle parked inside a barn or garage?
Let it rain, let it snow, let it melt, Let it begin again. sue t.
You can make anything interesting, Your writing is that good. I hope you write another book soon. xxooooooooo
“Snowblesse oblige”…Yes. Very, very good!
Well here in Albany,NY it snowed all day long. Wet sloppy, packy snow. Normally I would take my 2 year old outside for a long time and build a giant snowman; but he has a cold/and a runny nose so we stayed inside. However, perhaps tomorrow. The packy snow is calling us.
I am so glad you are our friend and as winter-thrilled as the rest of us. Just booked an early February flight to the Keys, by way of Boca. It will probably snow. Heheh!
Are you beginning to miss Manhattan slush? Love you and your slanted outlook. Me two.
Darling: Once a writer, always a writer. Signed, A Writer
Had the same thing happen to me here in Korea. Just a bit of snow/sleet to let me know, “Hey, it’s still winter. Don’t forget.” I threw a snowball at a building, then just went,
Blegh, I’m over it.”
Josh, you write so beautifully. When do we get to read a new book?
Simply put!!!! You have a way with words thats for sure
:)
My thought…a higher power perhaps allowing us to see a dusting of clean, fresh, not dirty or dismal. Just a thought!
“The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.” ~ Unknown
lovely
I am happily wading through “The Bucolic Plague” and am in love with your writing. Write more. It makes me even more crushed (and I WAS crushed) that I missed seeing you this last Saturday. Hope you sold, and signed, lots of books. Love ~ Susie
Thank you. That was quite simply beautiful.
So true……great way to write about it. Thank you.
We had a dusting this morning in Cincinnati. I stayed home to work here, as even a few slick spots makes drivers go crazy and lose their minds. It was an amazingly pleasant day, with lots of work getting done in between petting our cats, Ralphie and Beau. Now off to make a pan of bread pudding with some stale bread I discovered in our bread basket. xo
“Snowblesse oblige”! Peut-être que vous auriez pu parler français avec Jean-Georges
Ahhh, but it’s moisture!! Here in Kansas and throughout the Midwest, we’ll take any we can get:)
Amen, sister! We will take a bit more snow…after all, it is Winter.
Great blog post Josh. It was just an uneventful snow today.
Even slushie snow looks pretty up there.
Great description, reminds me of the opening lines of Capote’s A Christmas Memory – Imagine a morning in late November, a coming of Winter morning.
Looks nice though, having moved to Florida I miss looking at how pretty the snow looks when it’s freshly fallen, but don’t miss having to shovel it one bit…
In Georgia, everyone would be running out to measure the snow. The entire city would be shut down. There would be a run on the grocery stores. ALL milk and bread would be gone. Schools would be closed for a week…at least! We would have thrown a Snow Party. That is the difference in Atlanta and Sharon Springs.
it looks like a crime scene hehehe , we didn’t get touch (NYC)