This winter is teasing us in Boston with little flakes of snow every now and then, but no proper snowstorms. A few diehard friends have gotten out for cross-country skiing, but the cover is thin and doesn’t last long. I keep waiting for a foot to fall, but so far we’ve gotten an inch here, a few inches there– not enough to tempt me into the cold. Yet.
There is a freezing spray advisory for Boston Harbor today, which I’ve never heard of, but which sounds decidedly unpleasant. Be advised.
The outlook for this week is also pretty unclear about whether and how much snow we might get. I don’t like the adjectives they’re using here. “Few”? “Light”? Uh-uh. Not happy.
As they say, though, be careful what you wish for. And in the case of snow, I don’t have to wish– I can recall very clearly the winter of 2015. Boston got nearly 95 inches (241cm) of snow in ONE MONTH. The total that year was 110 inches (279 cm)!
Naturally, this amount of snowfall in such a short time ground transportation to a shusshing halt. Rails froze and track signals failed, buses lumbered as best they could, pedestrians had to use the streets because the sidewalks were buried. And no one could see anything because the snow was piled high everywhere. It was a commuting nightmare.
But for those who enjoy skiing, snowshoeing and walking in a winter landscape? Heaven. Chilly heaven, but heaven nonetheless.
I’m not exactly wishing for those days now, but I am feeling wistful, and intend on luring you into a similar pleasant feeling today.
Here’s my blog post from 10 years ago this February. Let’s take a little snowy journey back to Boston in 2015…
Readers, how’s the snow doing where you are? And how are you feeling about it (or the lack of it)? I’d love to hear about any yearnings, complaints, wishes, memories that you have.
