Sunday, November 26, 2006
A Maryland Winter
I know that it has never crossed your mind what a Maryland winter feels like.
But that’s where I spent the first 11 years of my life and today brings back memories as I rake more leaves. The temperature reads 60 degrees.
The winters were mild in Maryland.
I liked them a lot more than the typical Illinois cold.
If it snowed 6-10 inches—a rare occurrence—the snow did not last more than a week before it melted.
When my Navy chaplain brother-in-law died near Annapolis in February, we were outside without shoes.
Here we build snow forts that last all winter.
My son loves them, but they are back breakers.
But that’s where I spent the first 11 years of my life and today brings back memories as I rake more leaves. The temperature reads 60 degrees.
The winters were mild in Maryland.
I liked them a lot more than the typical Illinois cold.
If it snowed 6-10 inches—a rare occurrence—the snow did not last more than a week before it melted.
When my Navy chaplain brother-in-law died near Annapolis in February, we were outside without shoes.
Here we build snow forts that last all winter.
My son loves them, but they are back breakers.
