shoe heads and hidden snow banks

i was called a movie star today by a little girl...

another little boy called me many names, all with "head" at the end...

...including "farthead" and "shoehead."

but i think what i like the most about today is the snow...

*all snow haters can skip to the end from here.

it's beautiful, the way it falls from the sky... no one could stop it if they wanted...

then it covers everything...

trees...

roads...

people, if they're out long enough.

sometimes it falls so thick, i can't see past the houses across the street... everything else...

is white.

i'm thankful for this weather.

the cold crisp air as i breath in, and the ice that gathers on my mustache from breathing out.

yeah, i'm thankful for this weather...

the extra precaution needed to transport... even if it's just down the road....

or unexpected slick spots that leave me either hitting the ground of feeling clever for escaping the impact...

though sometimes i like to fall.

it may hurt.. but it gets me in the snow.

it leaves marks as evidence that i fell...

that i had a run-in with a miracle...

that i got back up to brave the unknown slick spots that await me.

yeah, i like this weather...

reminding me of both days, young and old...

about the last time i hiked a mountain with my brother.

how we almost froze at the top as we huddled together eating the only food we had with numb hands.

or how my friend and i use to ride our bikes in the snow until it was too deep...

so we got off and walked...

and how we would build hidden caves in the snow banks of jackson boulevard.

it reminds me of time spend with 'ol loved ones..

and the possibility of future times spend with new ones.

oh yeah... i enjoy this weather...

...and i think... ...He must have known that...

He did know!

i am loved!

viel liebe, israel

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