http://www.veritablevirago.com ver.i.ta.ble: being truly or very much so - adj vi.ra.go: strong, courageous woman - noun Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:36:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.veritablevirago.com/general/i-woke-up-to-a-foot-of-snow/ http://www.veritablevirago.com/general/i-woke-up-to-a-foot-of-snow/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:47:05 +0000 V.V. http://www.veritablevirago.com/?p=57 Well, maybe it wasn’t quite a foot…but it’s still the first real snow of the year.  It fell just as Christmas lights and trees were springing up everywhere, holiday plans were being solidified and present lists were being double checked.  So, even though I was coming off of a long weekend of debauchery and sheer laziness, the snow made my morning trek to work seem somewhat magical.  Check back in 2 months, I’m sure that “magical” feeling will be a dim memory.

♫ “There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is clad with radiance.” -William Sharp

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