As I write this we have something like two-and-a-half or almost three inches of snow on the ground. It is supposed to continue off and on. There are just a few flurries here and there now. Earlier there was an urgent rate of snowfall. The clouds had a date, and there was much brushing of the shoulders.<\/p>\n
I heard someone say to a friend “You’re wearing Chacos!”<\/p>\n
The friend said “I didn’t know the snow would be this cold!”<\/p>\n
And I wept for the future. And the tears froze on my face, because it is cold. <\/p>\n
Actually, we’ve hovered just above freezing for hours. That could make the overnight interesting.<\/p>\n
This morning everything else had closed up, but our campus held out until the mid-afternoon. They were hoping against hope, but you just knew the feeling was in the air. Then, after lunch, came the word. <\/p>\n
My afternoon class was canceled. The weather has closed the campus for four business days in the first three weeks of school. It has been a crazy semester, but a pretty, wet, snow. At least the roads have been passable. <\/p>\n
In the evening came the snow:<\/p>\n