I didn't mean to suggest that I was going anywhere, especially into hibernation, but winter is a time when we hunker down, build the fire a little bit higher, wrap the comforter around our shoulders and hope that Spring again comes somewhere down the line.
Winter on Cape Cod is a time of darkness; we don't have streetlights, most homes of non-resident property owners are dark, even true residents flee to the Southland sometime around February. It is a time for individuals to connect with each other, to cuddle, to smooch, to read books together, to talk of dreams and ambitions for the year ahead, to hope for better times. Extroverts need not apply for winter residency. But if you're secure in your own skin about who you are, and you don't need a bunch of other people to help you stay afloat during the darkness, you'll find solitude, quietness, a time for researching your own thoughts, dreams and ambitions.
Maybe I'll see you on the Great Beach of Nauset some day as the wind howls, the surf roars and our souls dream again.
Winter on Cape Cod is a time of darkness; we don't have streetlights, most homes of non-resident property owners are dark, even true residents flee to the Southland sometime around February. It is a time for individuals to connect with each other, to cuddle, to smooch, to read books together, to talk of dreams and ambitions for the year ahead, to hope for better times. Extroverts need not apply for winter residency. But if you're secure in your own skin about who you are, and you don't need a bunch of other people to help you stay afloat during the darkness, you'll find solitude, quietness, a time for researching your own thoughts, dreams and ambitions.
Maybe I'll see you on the Great Beach of Nauset some day as the wind howls, the surf roars and our souls dream again.