Reflections: Appreciating winter 32 Articles

by S.A.Robb

I used to look forward to winter with childlike enthusiasm. It meant snowmen, snowball fights, snow, angels, and best all Christmas. Then I grew up and it started to mean cold weather, snowstorms, shoveling, and having t...read more

by Robin Storms

Autumn Leaves I have a hard time letting go of autumn once she has fallen into my arms. Her colors are crisp. Her aura is vibrant. Her stay is always too brief. Come December, there is a transformation that I'm still ...read more

by Alexis Stone

Death of the Wintergarden I lost her fairly recently, so speaking of her is like rubbing salt into the wound. She was a majestic glass vessel that housed not only my earliest memories but also seven thousand trees a...read more

by Sandra Papuni

Write your artWinter Our most unusual neighbors ever were a couple of young magpies. They worried me from the first instance I noticed them in our neighborhood. They chose the most awkward location to build their home....read more

by Ryan Swank

12:05 A.M. I lie in the dark, tossing and turning, my ears tuned to the slightest sound. 1:46 A.M. Probabilities of snowfall float through my head. 2:31 A.M. "Tomorrow will be 25," the words of one of my fellow teach...read more

by Tristan Talle

I stand outside on the deck. Cup in hand and head in thought, watching as the heavens begin to play the wondrous winter song. I am at my cabin-not an ordinary cabin, a floating cabin-checking for any disrepair or damage. C...read more

by Ercille Christmas

Winter (How one family learned to keep warm..without central heating) I am not qualified to write about winter, never mind about giving tips to keep warm. In the Caribbean where I grew up, there seems to be two seaso...read more

by Maya Johnson

Appreciating winter Winter for me as a young child was always an exciting time; I loved playing in the snow and the cold crisp days and even colder nights. As I grew older and started to have to do the shoveling of th...read more

by Michael. B

Jack Frost is the ephemeral character that familiarizes us with the season. It's the name that some of us remember from childhood and one which can split a debate around a wintertime fireplace. Why? Because you either love...read more

by Becca Johnson

Winter is a beautiful monster. At least that's how I viewed it as a child. I'd imagine this big, lolloping, fluffy, white beast, perhaps wearing a tiara (I liked tiaras as a little girl) which read 'Winter' across it. The ...read more

by Carolyn Camacho

To many, Winter is a cold depressing time of year. Not so for me; possibly because of good memories as a child. True, I no longer dress in heavy wool garments from head to toe and make snow angels in pristine snow. I no...read more

by Kindia Dup

WINTER Harsh, yet almost teasing, a little blast of wind whips its way over a snow drenched field. Dark, still, and dead, a nearby brace of trees stands forlornly, gazing over the bleak landscape. A lonesome crow sit...read more

by G. Eliot Morgante

Gazing at the computer screen, deep in thought, I found myself staring off into space and wondering what has become of the world. It seems that every morning I open to my personalized Google news page and find that there ...read more

by Patty Moore

Winter Wonders Winter means many different things to each of us - is it nothing more than a change of seasons, a different variety of sports, the hibernation effect so many experience, the heralding of the holidays, a c...read more

by Jennifer Christopherson

I tend to enjoy the cool afternoons that accompany a sunny day in the winter. I love the crisp, new feeling that the air gets. I get a bit of a bounce in my step knowing that the holidays are just around the corner. I...read more

by Betty Matlock

Winter One of four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Beginning on the winter solstice and ending on the spring equinox. The season with the shortest days and lowest temperatures. Depending on the place and...read more

by Bzizzle

Winter seems to be the unloved child of the seasons. Everyone loves the freshness of spring, the romance of summer, the anticipation of fall. Winter, though... people tend to ignore it. For me, though, winter isn't just ...read more

by Angela Smith

Winter, what can I say about it? As a child, Winter could never come soon enough.To see the first snow was the best thing in the world.I'd sit in front of the biggest window in the house and just watch it fall.It was bette...read more

by Yvonne Tagoe

The first snow. Yes, winter is here. The air is crisp. In winter the snow covers everything, the litter in the streets and all the unsightly things. All I see is purity. The white gown of a virgin bride. I wish winter coul...read more

by Patricia Dawson

Oh how I appreciate winter, and the memories that it served. The teaching of endurance as I stood at the curb. Waiting and watching the snow fall. The chill of this cold child, excited about a cup of hot cocoa. Bundling...read more