The Season

The Season – is now mid-winter. Really mid-winter. It is still dark this morning and I am certain that the day will be short. That temperature is approaching zero and announced that a ‘snowmageddon’ is fast approaching.

But it’s more than that, even with a fresh full pot of coffee, it’s difficult to escape that these days a dark curtain is hanging over me as a reminder that the loss of Marin is real and it is vicious.

This morning in years past I would be doing my annual 5K – Cyclones Frozen 5K – sponsored by our local Hockey Team. This year I’ll wear a ‘Frozen’ jersey of past years in honor.

So, even with a bit of melancholy, the focus should be on the fact that other duties call and as time moves on, looking towards Springtime the vision of blossoms does creep in. Creeps in with a hint here and there. Notably, Marcia is on the mend; she thinks it’s going way too slow, I see progress daily.

Today is Cathy’s birthday and coming Tuesday it’ll be Kirstin’s. All this acknowledges that even being aware of the fragility of life, life itself is immensely strong and shines brilliantly. A strange ‘yin and yang’, isn’t it?

This past week we lost noted Folk singer and writer Tucker Zimmerman and his wife in a house fire. In light of all that’s happened and will be facing us, I think it appropriate to play his song, The Season.

Life is AMAZING!

Dirk
BONUS POINTS:

Which of these words did NOT gain their start as an acronym?

1) scuba
2) Google
3) Yahoo
4) Smart car
5) Care package
6) taser
7) radar

Last week answer – #6, “Supernova”