Wishing for Warm

Is it really too much to ask that I be left alone until spring? I mean really - the natural tendency for warm-blooded beasts is to fatten up and seek a warm place to hibernate until spring. A kind of suspended animation, if you will.

I, personally, have absolutely no use for winter once Christmas is over. Sure, the snow is pretty, but we don't get enough of it here in Maryland to really shake things up. Apparently, Maryland and the Polar Ice Cap have lots in common due to Global Warming. Too bad the North- and Mid-West haven't had any sign of this particular environmental disaster. No one's heard from them since late September(?) snows put them under 40 or 50 inches.

So, my point is, as the first week of February slowly crawls by, I now intend to exercise my right to hibernate. Oh, I'll continue to run children around, make meals (mostly) and keep the house clean (sorta), but beyond that, you'll find me in my woolies by the fire, coffee mug in hand, nose buried in a book. See you in April.

happiness? the color of it must be spring green

- frances mayes