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Lest you be mislead into thinking I'm going to whimper about the temperature, let me assure you that it's not the weather I'm talking about. Although the excess of snow may still be my most popular gripe and though my New England born neighbors tire of hearing me extol the virtues of the Golden State's perpetual spring, after two long winters I have almost grown accustomed to the idea that not all of my facial accoutrements will survive Harvard intact...
...eight days of fall and the ten days of sunshine in May, the cold keeps us inside. When we do go out, and we all don our shirts scarves, earmuffs, hoods, jackets and boots, we become almost unrecognizable, hibernating creatures, quietly shuffling through the snow--anonymous...
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...