Seem to be on a close-to-every-day blogging streak. Maybe it will be NaBloMo for me, a month late. A good way to distract myself from these short dark days and cold temperatures.
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December 08, 2014
Grey Days in Montreal
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Who was Cassandra?
In the Iliad, she is described as the loveliest of the daughters of Priam (King of Troy), and gifted with prophecy. The god Apollo loved her, but she spurned him. As a punishment, he decreed that no one would ever believe her. So when she told her fellow Trojans that the Greeks were hiding inside the wooden horse...well, you know what happened.
That looks very gloomy indeed. Such an early start to winter!
Posted by: Hattie | December 08, 2014 at 11:11 PM
I remember a winter spent in Stockholm where the sun went down around 2:30. I was in the metal department of the Art College. The sun only came up a short way above the horizon, we'd go skating on the rink by the school and skiing trails were lit.
I also remember a Christmas day walk in Montreal where my boyfriend and I were wearing our Canadian Army coats we'd bought for $5.00 each since we had little money. It was 25 below and our faces froze.
Here in NH this last storm has given us a miserable bunch of wet slush, much worse than a foot of snow. I think of it as climate change winter, just a couple of degrees off turns snow to freezing rain and rain. We'll push the mess off the driveway with the tractor and continue to work inside!
Guess I should write my memoirs!
Posted by: Sharyn | December 10, 2014 at 09:43 AM