ten good things about yesterday's snow

• 10.  The flakes were wet and fat, and they compacted the accumulation significantly.

•  9.   For a time, the world was beautifully sugar-coated.

•  8.   Our lights flickered every once in awhile, but we never lost power.

•  7.   I had time to do the Dreaded Monthly 3Bs.  (bank work, bill paying and bookkeeping.) 

•  6.  Somebody else did the shoveling and plowing.  The roads were clear by morning.

•  5.  The wind was awesome, as always during a northeaster.

•  4.  Due to Daylight Savings Time, it was still light at the time it usually gets dark during a snowstorm, somehow conferring hope.

•  3.  The book event with Julia Glass and Stewart O'Nan that evening wasn't cancelled in Portland, and they were great!

•  2.  The storm brought in a whole lot of new birdsong this morning. A consolation prize, for sure!

•  1.  The sound of snow-melt everywhere today was beautiful. 

(I recorded it on my iPhone for you,  but couldn't figure out how to put it into this post.)

And, look!!  Here comes the sun!!!!

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It will all be history by Tuesday.

(if you look REALLY hard, there are some green blades in there.  Honest.)