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I think, therefore I am. - René Descartes
The past weekend was greeted by a cold front that swept through a good portion of the
With season's vicissitude, winter probably for many people is the last thing they would be looking forward to: the gloomy sky, the bone-chill wind, the freezing temperature combined with dampness, the blowing snow that makes the daily trips to and from work much harder and even a common chore outdoor can turn into an ordeal when you have to slush through the snow-melting street, not to mention the deficiency in sunlight that could possibly give many people a “winter blues”. Oh, no! Not at this time - not when we are still devastatingly weathering through this financial storm, day by day, that originated from Wall Street and it's literally brought the whole world down.
Well, seasons come and go just like a pendulum of clock – it’s destined to come back when it swings away, either you like it or not. This is the law governed by nature, something that human can do nothing about but obey and show respect to.
On the flip side of the coin, winter actually is the time of the year that has many positive, pleasant things to offer. Winter for sure is the season of holidays, the season of celebration: upcoming is the Thanksgiving Day that celebrates, traditionally, the end of the harvest season, and nowadays the reunion of family and friends. Thereafter is the Christmas that by tradition celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, and these days it's the occasion that people rekindle their kinship with their families, the fellowship with their friends and colleagues, with tons of gifts, greeting cards, emails, phone calls, hugs and handshakes, etc. Small wonder this is the most heavy consumer spending time all the year around. Then, it’s the New Year’s turn only a week later. New Year is unique in terms of celebration because it’s the juncture of the end of the year that you’re leaving behind and the beginning of the new year that's ahead of you – an ideal time to contemplate on what you’ve achieved in the past year – lost money for sure :-) - and what you will accomplish in the coming year. And, for the Chinese, winter actually is even better as our holiday season is much prolongated and it outlasts all other's since we still have the Chinese New Year to celebrate after we enjoy all these western festivities. It’s a cultural bonus we're entitled to have thanks to our ancestors!
Apart from all these festivals that we treat ourselves with extravagance, winter provides people with unique ways to get close to nature. Skiing, snow-playing, watching the majestic snow-covered mountains from distance, taking a stroll in the snow-falling evening in the quiet street and watching the sparking ornamentation lights in people’s front yard......The air, the wintry air. I wonder if anybody’s ever noticed that winter’s air is different, different from all other seasons'. It’s fresh, clean, odorless, pure and chilly. Take a deep breath of it, it feels like your lungs are being cleansed inside out and the whole body gets rejuvenated, and mind sobered. You can only get that kind of feeling, one of its kind, out of the crisp air during winter, no any other season, nowhere else.
So, welcome winter - the season of celebration, the season to fully rejoice life!
说得对！著名的童话作品的确几乎都是来自寒冷的北国，我倒是没有想到这一点。冬天是童话想象力的源泉。大雪＋壁炉＝幻想！ :-)
周末愉快！
Hum...Guess I will have to give a serious thought about this. Maybe I should consider switch lane, or something.......... :-))
"Shine comes out of pain", that's well said! Good weekend.
几乎所有的童话作家都是在冰天雪地的北国. 我想他们的作品肯定都是坐在壁炉前写的!
冬天属于幻想...
喜欢这篇文章! 周末好!
See! I am not the only one who thinks you were majoring in English literature. On the flip side, admire you more. Shine comes out of pain, I know.
Thank you, Silverfox! I wish I had the kind of command of English that I need to express myself at will. It actually always a struggle when you try to write something down in a language that is not your own mother tongue.
My major is not English literature, actually far from it. Wish I did, so that it will be less struggle. :-)
Good evening!
Oh, it was hurry last night and did not check it carefully before posted it. I've found a few errors to correct today, and got a piture to go with it.
Thanks, Melly! I borrowed those articles from others because I wanted to keep the blog going while I don't have much time to spend on writing, and on top of that I really like them and want to keep them for re-read, even though they don't have much to appeal many readers.
No worry - winter is supposed to be the time for people to eat, to enjoy life. :-) You're right. We should still have a few weeks before the real winter comes. So for right now, enjoy the fall before it's gone. ;-)
Winter means holidays for sure, reuniting of family and friends, rekindling love and forgiveness. Winter also means end, end of a year, which reminds me of getting older rather than wiser. :)))
Hopefully your inspiring greeting to winter would crack the financial meltdown, force it to leave people sneakily, save some joy for people living in the earth village.
A bad thing for me in winter is I would behave like a polar bear, eat delicious foods and store some energy.
Well, winter is not coming yet, will come soon (may be start from Nov. 8th based on Chinese lunar calendar). It is right time to enjoy the beautiful fall, clear blue sky, colorful foliages. Good time for hiking.
Still, I feel like I am inhaling clear cold air, COOL!