snow day

i have given up formatting in blogger. there are words. there are photos. some of them go with others of them.
some things you should know about the big city.
1. this is my third snow day in ten years.
2. nyc is handing out free hot chocolate and sleds to children today at a handful of city parks.
3. no matter how much you might love teaching, the sound of the words "snow day" humming into your ears from the radio will make your heart sparkle.

this is how my city does a snow day.

the snow likes metal better than i expected. clumps on it, clings to it, decorates like it has nothing better to do. all day. snuggle, snuggle, snuggle.

but the snow will kiss on anyone and so the trees and cars and stoops are all swooning, giddy, beautiful and completely untrustworthy.































and the park, the perfect world a half block from my door, keeps itself all whispery, secret-like so that you worry you are stepping into someone else's dream before they start dreaming it. all full of what-if.