Return of Winter

Winter is back with a vengeance. Not that it hasn't been plenty cold the past few days.. no doubt that's associated with winter just about anywhere.. but with no snow on the ground, no slush to trudge through, no ice glazing smooth surfaces and beading on tree branches, etc., it just didn't quite feel like winter. All that changed overnight. A Nor'easter is now churning its way along the Eastern Seaboard, and the snow is pouring from the sky. It's interesting to watch as it gets caught in little mini-vortices and swirls up, sideways, then back down, then diagonally upward, sometimes calmer and sometimes more energized, sort of like a conductor's baton at different moments in a symphony. Some people think it's boring. I almost never have. Could be because I come from a climate where it has only snowed once during my entire life thus far (December 20, 1998, for about 15 minutes, just a light coating that quickly melted away). I guess it's all relative and all depends on one's unique perspective.

Just to share an embarrassing story, for no particular reason - I have what you might call a cooking injury that has nothing to do with burns or dropping anything on my foot or anything like that. It's a sprained thumb. The incident actually happened a few weeks ago, but it was more chronic than sudden. I didn't really notice it until the following day, and at first I almost laughed at myself but also hoped it wasn't more serious than it seemed. I sprained it stirring the batter for chocolate chip cookies, which turned out to be much thicker than I'd anticipated. I don't know if that means I was doing it wrong or didn't add enough liquid to it or what happened, but the end result was a sprained thumb! If I do say so myself, though, the cookies were pretty good. I'm tempted to make some more one of these days.. maybe when the sprain gets better..

Today would be a good day to make more cookies, since with this much snow on the ground I'm not going anywhere fast. Problem is I don't have any chocolate chips. Maybe I'll try another kind of cookie?

Then again, maybe my thumb is telling me not to go through with it. Once was enough.. for now, anyway.

So I still have this concern about making the most of "it," whatever "it" really is. I guess it would help to figure that out first and then evaluate whether or not I'm actually working well with "it." Could this concern possibly mean that I'm almost never completely satisfied because I always feel like there's more to do? Does it mean there are some things I should really just try to give a rest?

Who am I even asking?

Looks like the snow is starting to calm down.. I think I'll try to calm down with her.