Word: snow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wanted to escape the snow, the cold, the hell of Boston in February. I wanted to reconsider certain aspects of my life at a distance. I wanted to celebrate, to scream to let my wild side...
...winter swung into full gear this year, I began pulling out my itinerary more and more just to reassure myself that it existed. With each new foot of snow that fell, I thought of a new strategy to procure maximum beads at the parades. With each bad Harvard Dining Services meal, I thought of the craw-fish and seafood gumbo that awaited me in the Big Easy...
Logan was filled with harried travelers and blasts of cold air. But when I got off in New Orleans on Sunday, I could hear a (live) jazz/ragtime band playing nearby. There was no snow on the ground. At that moment, I knew that the trip would be exactly what I needed...
...waded through the snow that night to get my forehead ashes and go to section, feeling appropriately somber. My timing was good. But from the desk in my office now dangle three long sets of flat beads in purple, gold and green--the colors of Mardi Gras. Lent will pass, another year will go by and the time for revelry will come again. when it does, you'll be able to find me on St. Charles Ave.., precariously perched on someone's shoulders, smiling a big smile and holding out my hands for some beads. Mardi Gras is balm...
March is less than a week away, and that means less snow, more rain and even a hint of sunshine. While this might make the naive first-year hopeful, or the displaced North-westerner nostalgic, we know better. The rain may one day bring flowers, but for now it only means one thing: sludge, and lots...