Day 3 of this week’s Winter Storm: 40F at 5:30 a.m., Wind high in the trees.

This freeze/melt/freeze/melt cycle we’ve been experiencing is not my favorite example of a good Winter. To date, the extreme cold has been of short duration and the melt downs followed by new snow.

This morning, as drippy, messy and non-Winterlike as it feels, the almost warm wind, the sound of it whooshing through the trees – it speaks of the still far-off blustery Spring and I can go there.