photo via downtownfrombehind
Ordinarily I feel a guilty mix of glee and relief whenever I hear about the pummeling storms and temperatures that plague the Midwest each winter. But this year, I want to be right there in the mess of it! And obviously I’d be riding this bicycle with a gorgeous skirt and red hair and not having to even think about shoveling or wearing three hats or the gas freezing in my car…
I know that most of the country is getting attacked right now by the snow (look at that picture!) but I’ve still got a strong Minnesotan streak that makes me feel like throwing my hands up and going “So??” But despite this tendency, there have been a lot of wild stories from across the U.S., and I know it’s bad. And no matter how many times you live through one, a really gigantic snowstorm always feels somehow momentous, and in that way really exciting, too.
What’s even more hysterical to be watching from this dry patch of land is how the media and blogs have been blowing this story up to tsunami-scale heights. Hashtags and retweets up the wall! And SO many puns – or should I say “snow” many?
Friends, if you’re out on a stroll, why not give yourself a break and rest in this lovely snofa?
snofa in Brooklyn, NY via rachel in Brooklyn
To close this light and fun post is a slightly heavier, but no more burdensome thought on snowstorms and the manner in which we find ourselves and our surroundings uncontrollably frozen in their midst, in more than one way:
“At the very core of this ‘mess’, snow demonstrates that we can and should create situations that ask more of people, individually and collectively; that challenge, meaning and connection are often more important than ease…snow reminds us of how satisfying it is to use our full host of mental and physical faculties to solve a problem, learn or traverse the landscape at hand. It’s not just our children that need a permanently snowy city, we could all benefit from a little lingering snow.”
- Alex Gilliam, founder of design group PublicWorkshop, via Core77
Allison
February 5, 2011
I would LOVE to take a break on that snofa.