07-12-16, 12:33 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Maryland, USA
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Nuggie's Auntie - You summed up this area perfectly "one of Dante's circles of hell"! I have lived here for 18 years now -and there are still some things I can't fathom - like why can't they deal w/ the snow?? This story makes me chuckle, although I feel for the people trapped on the roads - but it is a fairly typical occurrence. I'm lucky I can work from home b/c I have given up going out in any kind of weather here for fear of this happening to me!
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/lo...366053721.html Donna p.s. The only good thing about winter in this region is it is a shorter season than up north - but I don't love the climate here - as you said the summers are oppressively humid and our springs are really wet. Fall is by far the best season here, but it is also a short season depending on how long summer lingers and how quickly winter comes. I do prefer the humid heat of the summer to the cold of winter, though. |
07-12-16, 06:09 PM | ||
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Boston, MA
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07-12-16, 07:03 PM | ||
Join Date: Jan 2013
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Last December and January, I made it a point to go running three or four mornings a week--even if it was in the teens and still twilighty. (And geez, let's not even talk about the layers required for THAT insanity!) We have a beautiful park to run/walk in all year round, and while I will NEVER be a winter person, I absolutely fell in love with those amazing, bracing, lonely winter morning runs. They were so beautiful!! And the fresh air and sunlight so early in the day (which is important for your vitamin D levels and to combat SAD) made such a difference for me. I kept a gorgeous photo I took one morning of the frozen-over creek as my phone wallpaper... until the daylilies started blooming a couple of weeks ago. And I must recommend Judy Collins's gorgeous song about coming to grips with winter, "Fallow Way." Every time I hear it now, it makes me think of those peaceful runs.
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