Saturday, January 1, 2011
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Home
Just realized I haven’t left the house today. Winter can do that. We had a brilliant day, but the sun comes up at 8:40 a.m. and goes down at 4:40 p.m.
You snooze, you lose.
But some people in the family got out for a skate on our local lake. It’s an urban, man-made lake, but out there on the ice, it feels as natural as any other lake.
In years when the ice is very clear, I feel my toes tingling and my knees getting a bit rubbery skating just a few feet above the cold black water. And when the ice cracks, or moans, or hisses, or does any of those active ice things, I want to run for shore.
It’s silly really. They only let us skate on the ice when it’s strong enough to hold the Zamboni!
Happy New Year,
Jill
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