16 January

The Winter Sky, Sunburst

by Jon Katz
Kinney Road

On Kinney Road, the sun burst in and out of the clouds on the coldest day of the year, as biting winds swept across the winter landscape and the winter pasture. The air was so cold and the wind was so sharp it hurt to breathe when I got out of the car. Maria took a video of me taking photos on her iphone and threatened to put it up on her site. Maybe she’ll forget.

It’s the kind of cold that seems to change the atmosphere a bit. The donkeys rushed into the barn for the night – no coaxing – and the dogs rushed out onto the sparking snow and rushed back in. The sky was piercingly bright and blue, and then in the afternoon, the wind began cutting across the pastures, pushing snow across the roads. Tonight is pipe-freezing weather, and the heat has to stay on. Tomorrow, a new day, a new car.

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