Travel on the Gravel

Weblog for Tom Isern, Great Plains historian, co-author of Plains Folk

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Cold Grace

Woke up this morning, it was 12 below. And despite the way that first sentence scans, this is not a blues stanza. Quite the opposite. I believe I have acquired the rhythm of the country. This year in Fargo achieved the longest growing season (largest number of consecutive frost-free days) of record. We had a beautiful, protracted autumn, but somehow it just didn't feel right. Horizontal snow blew in yesterday evening, followed by quiet and clearing and free-falling temperatures. Fargo registered 6 below this morning, bit it was colder out here in the country. And today felt just great. I grinned every time I went outside, in fact I made up excuses to go outside. The air is better now. It's like grace. Hard water fishing by weekend, I'll bet. Lots of reading and writing. I've been thinking about seasons lately, about how the conventional four just don't apply well here. I'm pretty sure a new year began sometime during last night. I am filled with resolution.

posted by Tom Isern # 10:22 PM

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