Earlier this week the air took a turn toward December, becoming wet and visible, and the moisture that fell in cold, slow-motion stuck quickly to the cars, the streets, and the sidewalks. On the morning after the storm a massacre of tree branches covered the earth around my house, proving both the strength of water and the fragility of wood. What I like about the snow, and the timing of this particular storm being so close to Samhain, is the way in which it provides tactile evidence that the … [Read more...]