December Daily: a winter's tale

mific -- a winter's tale. Anything wintry, good or bad.

Hm -- I don't have much. I'm from North Carolina, and when I moved to Illinois for college, I was not prepared for Midwestern winters. I didn't have any shoes heavier than Keds. My winter "coat" was a sort of a capelike thing; it was heavy and well-lined, but the wind would blow right up it. And I didn't know there was more than one kind of snow.

Since coming north, I've seen:

- Big clumps of feather-light snow that settles on every leaf and branch and stays there looking magical until the slightest breeze blows it off

- Hard pellets of snow -- tinier than hail, drier than sleet -- that make a tiny hissing sound when they fall

- Incredibly big, sparkly snowflakes, easily examined with the naked eye if you happen to have a dark-colored coat, that pile up on the hills looking like a special effect

- Wet snow that's half rain, heavy and gray, finding every place where your shoes aren't waterproof

- Big, fast, horizontal snow; look out your window and it's snowing, look out your window five minutes later and the roads are covered

- Old snow in the city, discolored gray where the cars are and yellow where the dogs are

- Old snow in the country that piled lightly along a ridge and then gradually broke off, leaving a jagged edge


Did I miss any?


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