Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[GeoffC]

what ?

wait .



erm I can explain, honestly i can .....

[FlorenceArt]

Yes?

:waiting politely:

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Has there ever been a novel / song / movie or commemorative mug with the title "A Longing for Snow"? If not, I had the most vivid and fully realised story dream of my life last night. And that's what I'm doing now; searching for that title in case I subconsciously picked it up somewhere.

how odd! I woke up from a dream that was out of my child hood... a wnderful snow storm shutting down all but essential services. everyone at home, soup simmering on the stove, crackling fire keeping the house warm. sledding and skiing! it was wonderful!

Originally Posted by Moejoe

In my dream a young girl imagines the snow she's never experienced and wakes up to find her town snowbound and empty...except for some very strange characters.

there was a "twilight zone" episode I very vaguely remember... a young woman was asleep and dreaming that the earth had gone out of its orbit and was heading for the sun and warming up. she woke up to find that the earth had gone out of its orbit, was cooling down and heading away from the sun.

or vice versa. either way, it was headed for a horrid conclusion.

Originally Posted by GeoffC

what ?

wait .



erm I can explain, honestly i can .....

you never have satisfactorily explained what happend to the dog

[GeoffC]

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[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

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That's our Geoff Great conversationalist, never a dull moment.

[Lady Blue]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

That's our Geoff Great conversationalist, never a dull moment.

A man of many wordlets.

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

I love that novel, "Snow Falling on Cedars" and also a lot of David Guterson's other work. Great, if a little densely written.

I've just looked up Smilla's Sense of Snow and it's nothing like my dream.



In my dream a young girl imagines the snow she's never experienced and wakes up to find her town snowbound and empty...except for some very strange characters.

Oh, that. That's just La Crosse every year about this time...

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by Katti's Cat

Omg ! OMG! Dinner is late again. Can I have a note from MR for hubby & cat? They are both growling at me

I'm sure we should already have a standard note you can print out! This happens all the time, every where. Why don't we have a standard note, excusing tardiness from everything other than books??!?

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

hey! I just discovered something cool! If you click on your *own* karma box (I was ignoring my fighting kidlets and wanted to see what it would do if you clicked on your own karma box on your post), it tells you if that post has received any karma! Of course, the post I tried it on had zip karma, but thatʻs ok! Iʻm really just in it for the education....

Probably you all already knew that, but i thought it was cool! of course, now that the kids have finally settled down a little teensy bit, I am feeling reckless. I wonder what else I will discover....

I didn't know that either and I've been here fer ages...

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

I love that novel, "Snow Falling on Cedars" and also a lot of David Guterson's other work. Great, if a little densely written.

I've just looked up Smilla's Sense of Snow and it's nothing like my dream.



In my dream a young girl imagines the snow she's never experienced and wakes up to find her town snowbound and empty...except for some very strange characters.

it sounds like a great story to me...

[Mobile Mason]

Listening to some of Sonny Stitt's Jazz, and drinking tea

[Patricia]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

In my dream a young girl imagines the snow she's never experienced and wakes up to find her town snowbound and empty...except for some very strange characters.

In the 1970's we used to have a lot of foreign students living nearby. Every winter some of them would see snow for the first time, and it was enchanting to see them.
One morning we had a young Iraqi technology student knocking on our door, after a heavy snowfall overnight, asking incredulously, "Is that ... snow?"
We told him yes, it was, and he rushed to tell his friends. Then they rapidly discovered the possibility of snowballs, and burying each other in it.

My partner recalls being on the student bus at the University of East Angilia once, when it started snowing. One overseas student turned to his neighbour and asked, "Is that snow?"
The reply was, "I don't know; I'm from Nigeria."

[GraceKrispy]

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I didn't know that either and I've been here fer ages...

It just goes to show! You *can* teach an old dog... wait, thatʻs not right...

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by Patricia

In the 1970's we used to have a lot of foreign students living nearby. Every winter some of them would see snow for the first time, and it was enchanting to see them.
One morning we had a young Iraqi technology student knocking on our door, after a heavy snowfall overnight, asking incredulously, "Is that ... snow?"
We told him yes, it was, and he rushed to tell his friends. Then they rapidly discovered the possibility of snowballs, and burying each other in it.

My partner recalls being on the student bus at the University of East Angilia once, when it started snowing. One overseas student turned to his neighbour and asked, "Is that snow?"
The reply was, "I don't know; I'm from Nigeria."

I love those kind of stories, and I love snow Pity that I haven't seen a proper snowfall since I was a kid. There was nothing better than getting all 'togged' up in three layers of clothing, running down to the local park and building snowmen. Then there were snowball fights and ice sliding and...damn, I'm all nostalgic now. I vow this time next year to be surrounded by snow!!!

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Patricia

In the 1970's we used to have a lot of foreign students living nearby. Every winter some of them would see snow for the first time, and it was enchanting to see them.
One morning we had a young Iraqi technology student knocking on our door, after a heavy snowfall overnight, asking incredulously, "Is that ... snow?"
We told him yes, it was, and he rushed to tell his friends. Then they rapidly discovered the possibility of snowballs, and burying each other in it.

My partner recalls being on the student bus at the University of East Angilia once, when it started snowing. One overseas student turned to his neighbour and asked, "Is that snow?"
The reply was, "I don't know; I'm from Nigeria."

in paris a lot of people get excited about snow (i'm at the top of the list) because it's fairly rare here. about 10 or 12 years ago we had a really cold winter and it snowed quite a lot. i remember spending the whole day walking around outside. i bought some roasted chestnuts from a street-vendor who looked like he was seeing snow for the first time and we smiled at each other like little kids. later on i saw a black man walking along with a plastic disposable camera : he was pointing it up in the air and taking photos of the falling snow, and smiling to himself. that whole day it seemed like everybody was happy and excited, everyone seemed ready to giggle whenever you caught their eye.

Originally Posted by Moejoe

I love those kind of stories, and I love snow Pity that I haven't seen a proper snowfall since I was a kid. There was nothing better than getting all 'togged' up in three layers of clothing, running down to the local park and building snowmen. Then there were snowball fights and ice sliding and...damn, I'm all nostalgic now. I vow this time next year to be surrounded by snow!!!

i hope it snows this winter for you !