The Storms that Won’t Let Up

Ice coats utility lines in Bridgewater (Photo by Dick Bergeron)

My sister-in-law sent an e-mail from Cape Coral, Florida, and reminded us that it was around 80 pleasant, sunny degrees down in the Sunshine State.

We could use some of that heat radiating from the warm sunshine – even a little bit of it, if only for about eight hours or so – simply to melt the accumulation of snow and ice that is plaguing us in Bridgewater.

I thought it was not supposed to happen here in New Jersey.  OK, maybe once in a while, but not a major storm – one after the other.  That was appropriate when we lived on the shores of Lake Ontario across from Canada, or in New England – but here in the Garden State?

Ice 'flowers' in our front yard hold the promise of spring. (by Dick Bergeron)

Maybe we’ve just become spoiled from too many mild winters.  Or, perhaps we bought into all that talk about global warming.  We could use a bit of that warming right now – at least temporarily, to thaw out the landscape.

Nonetheless, not to complain too much, I’m recalling some advice from an old gentleman in business for himself, who was fond of reminding me that, “Any day that you can get up out of bed and go about your affairs is a good day.”

These storms may be a propitious time to remind ourselves of our limitations, and that – gee whiz, imagine that! – we really may not have as much control as we would like to believe.

Thanks for taking the time to read and think; and remember, this is as good a day as any to take care of yourselves.