Re: OT It's a long, long time 'till Spring

On Jan 16, 8:10 pm, kestrel <joyh...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 16, 6:44 pm, Pam <PFa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





On Jan 16, 5:31 pm, kestrel <joyh...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jan 16, 1:01 pm, "Lynn" <lynn.sc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

It's a long, long time 'till Spring

When the snow sounds kinds of squeaky,
as you carry in the wood.
There's a circle around the moon,
you can bet it means no good;
When the north wind blows your curtains,
and makes the green logs sing,
you can bet your bottom dollar
it's a long, long time 'till spring.

When the whistle on the freight train sounds like it's right outside your
door,
but to you you know for certain
it's a mile or maybe more,
and the pump shrieks like a banshee
as the handle starts its swing,
'tis then you know for certain
It's a long, long time 'till spring

When you feel a draft ablowin
underneath the kitchen door,
and the kivver's on the bedstead
would freeze an Eskimo, for sure;
the outhouse looms a mile away
and your face with snowflakes sting,
Tis then you'll take all bets around
It's a long, long time 'till spring

When the water in the bucket
is frozen harder than a rock,
and when you rise up in the morning
your knees begin to knock
as you kindle up the kitchen range
and the air has quite a zing,
you can give odds to anyone
it's a long long time 'till spring

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Lynn, I wish I could appreciate the poetry of winter. A long time
ago, I left Northern California to return to New York mainly because I
hated the weather there; it was either wet or dry, no snow ever, and
terminally boring. Except for the occasional earthquake of course.

But this year, I really dread the cold, the harsh winds, the
rainsleetsnow mixture that makes walking around the city hazardous to
one who is already a bit tottery on her feet. A few weeks ago I was
literally blown off my feet by a monster wine blowing up First Avenue
just as I was getting off a bus. And now we are having an endless
cold spell. I have not been out of the house since Tuesday, and this
is Friday.

Well, at least I can be grateful that I don't have to run around the
corner for a new pack of cigarettes. But pretty soon I'm going to
have to make a dash for the supermarket. It could be worse; the
nearest one is half a city block away.

Joyce
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Joyce - You left CA for NY??? Sorry, that does not compute for me,
even if it was Northern CA. But I know nothing about NY except the
brief times I've spent in New York City - scared the hell out of me.
Too big and scary for this GA girl.
Hugs,
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Pam, I was born across the Hudson River, in Jersey City.  When I was 5
or 6 years old, we lived in an apartment that had windows overlooking
the river and I could see the whole harbor, the Empire State Building,
and all the skyscrapers from those windows.  I was kind of a sickly
child and spent a lot of time at home recovering from this or that.
Most of that time I spent gazing out that window and wishing
wistfully that I could live there.

After years of living everywhere but New York, I finally got here.  I
still love it.  And cannot imagine living anywhere else.  One of my
sons lives and works in Connecticut, but he's a NY Yankees fan, so I
see him quite often.  My other son, lives and works in Chicago.  I
don't see him quite as often, but he still comes back several times a
year.

Believe it or not, you can raise kids in NYC.  They both went to
school here, made many friends, but they went out of state for their
colleges.  One to Western Massachusetts for law school and the other
to Temple U. for his forensic psychology degrees.

Pam, I guess it's all about what you are familiar with, what kind of
place pleases you the most.  I have only been to Georgia once and that
was to watch one son graduate from the Border Patrol Academy in
Brunswick.  That was only an overnight stay.  We left right after the
graduation.  He left the BP pretty quickly; he's a lawyer now.

Home is where you make it.

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Joyce - Wow. My Dad was Border Patrol. He went to basic in El Paso,
then Brunswick later on, I think when he transferred to Immigration
Service. He's been retired for many years and now lives in FL with my
Mom. I'm lucky to still have them both. Interesting how life turns
out, isn't it?
Hugs,
Pam
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