Perhaps the Stimulus

Ha! I just looked up from my computer and walked to the window and it's begun to snow; --7:26PM. Everything from brown this afternoon to white. --7:28, first car, first tire tracks, so it hasn't been snowing long. Coming down heavy.

Interesting. On my walk earlier, so mild, most of the snow gone, most of the river ice broken open just over night, I felt a little sad. So like Spring, but not Spring; four weeks of winter yet, maybe six. Spring is joyous. Warm weather? a thaw? not so much... It's not actually clear to me why I felt that slight sadness. But it's snowing now, the night is downy, everything is pleasant............