What Is Hope?
Hope is anything on any level possible implied by the phrase, "Early Spring."If you believe we will deal with six less weeks of winter after a dear little groundhog pops out of his hole and doesn't see his shadow this is hope.
If you look at the tempratures from the last week in January to the first week in March and think, "Sure. I won't be needing my scarf for a while," this is hope.
If it's 40 degrees and sunny outside and you think that it's time to start shopping for that spring wardrobe, this is hope.
If the words "spring wardrobe" are in your vocabulary at all, this is hope. (Note, if the words spring wardrobe are in your vocabulary it could also be further evidence that there is a difference between you and me that asrises because you were born in Pennsylvania and I was born in Maine.)
If your cat has been shedding her winter coat for six weeks, this is hope.
If you visit a garden show, this is hope.
If you go tire shopping because your other season tires are pretty well bald, this is hope.
If you go down to Fort Myers to visit the Red Sox during spring training and are dissapointed when you return home to two feet of fresh powder, this is hope. More specifically, this is hope crushed down to a film of dust and swept into the toilet and flushed out to the great expanse only to be frozen in a pipe somewhere.
If this worries you, fear not. There is hope.
posted by Sarah Eliza @ 11:28 AM
2 Comments:
Hard to empathize when I live in the land eternal heat that varies from wet to dry. It's always spring and summer, depending on what side of the island you drive to.
You know, I've heard of places like that in the world. But it tends to be in the hypothetical world with Atlantis and Social Security =)
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