today, we had snow on snow on snow. for nashville, this is the sort of catastrophe which brings hours of endless breaking news, making the networks postpone airings of the young and the restless and the bold and the beautiful until 1:05 am and 2:35 am, respectively.
julie predicted snow and last minute kroger bread and milk runs last night as she eased into the wintry portion of her show. winter little seed.
this morning i awoke to something like erie, pa. a snow day. and all of us stayed in: josh and sandy and rachel and me. we remained in pajamas all day. played cards and drank tea out of an awkward white pitcher, shaped like a cod. and then we bundled up and built a snowman in the big backyard. made snow angels and stared at the sky and once again, i realised that this would be the ideal way to die: muffled quiet of snow around your ears, underneath a calm grey sky.
we rolled down the hill like the cylindrical beings God created us to be, preparing the way for a nice sled path.
only we didn't have sleds, just trash can lids, which were as useless as the garbage bags my mom used to suggest as pseudo-sleds. so we found neighbors with children and borrowed theirs. and sledded for a good hour in the yard. then we had chili and wine (albeit pink) and cornbread and watched bridget jones. played more cards in front of the fire tonight, drinking more tea from the cod pot.
my eyes burn with a healthy kind of sleepiness. i feel freer than i have in a long, long time. and annie comes to visit tomorrow. goodnight.
What a lovely description of a perfect day. And now, another Annie!! Have fun.
I'm so glad you were able to play--exactly what I would have loved to do. By the way, your last entry: that is WRITING.