First Snow of 2005--November
11/07/2005 01:29 a.m.
5 November 2005
Earley Park
Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah

It began just after 10:00 p. m. I had made my bed in the back of my truck, and so was compelled to move around to the west into an enclosure. I was dry; my bed was warm; I enjoyed being out in the night of the first snow.

There was no wind, but the breeze was gusty, and as I was passing into sleep, I occasionally felt the snow, lightly cold, almost tingly on my face. But I was warm; I was dry. I was enjoying (as few could or even would) this arrival of a new season.

It fell for some time, and though it did stick and started to pile up, the ground and even the trees had enough residual warmth that much of it melted on impact, and what didn’t melt, clung as a tenuous half-slush-—by morning transformed into an icy crust.

Morning came with a patchy faded indigo sky. There was little movement in the air. It looked and felt very November.

I am currently Blessed
I am listening to The awakening of a Saturday morning