ABG
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Contributors
  • ABG CFB
  • Reference center
  • Contact Us

Cumberland Island

The Winter of My Discontent

2/18/2015

1 Comment

 
PictureWinter just isn't my season.
Flashback to 1993.

When pilfering through Mr. Lambert's shelf of books that he provided for students to borrow, I decided on Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean. There were rumors, even forecasts, of a historic snowstorm, perhaps even a blizzard in the North Georgia area. A possibility of 18 inches of snow and several days out of school made this seem like a good reading choice.

Plans were made for my two best friends and I to spend the night together so that we could all enjoy the snow together. Enjoy. That is such a foreign sounding term to associate with snow now. I'm sure people in New York or even my beloved Maine family members might think nothing of being stuck up to their armpits in a snow drift but that stuff ain't supposed to happen in Georgia. And 18 inches of wet Georgia snow drops pine trees on power lines everywhere. It was a disaster. In the chaos that followed, I wound up returning the book to Mr. Lambert unread. 

Thus began my rivalry with winter. I've never even read that book. I think I'm afraid to.

These days I don't mind so much if some snow falls while we're in the mountains on a trip or something, but I still don't enjoy winter weather at home. Cold weather is just downright un-Southern.

I'm writing this while the low temperatures for the next two days are 9 and 11, respectively. Anytime there are fewer degrees than teams in the SEC that's a problem. If I go outside and find my car door handles frozen shut, that's a problem. If the vapor from your breath freezes in front of your face and falls to your feet with a clink, that's a problem. Christmastime is over. Football season is over. Winter has worn out its welcome. Time for it to be moving on.

And we're still almost a full month from the anniversary of The Blizzard and almost 2 months away from the all clear for frost. So I shan't be trying to catch up on Ice Station Zebra any time in the next 60 days.

Instead, I'm opting to do a sun dance. No, not the film festival, I mean the opposite of a rain or snow dance. It might look a lot like Chunk the Goonie's famous "Truffle Shuffle". After all, I'm a writer, not a dancer. But if it keeps the sun out and the snow away, it's well worth any embarrassment it might require. 

Stay warm, Y'all,

1 Comment
Jeff Slaton
2/19/2015 11:20:37 am

Being one of the friends that shared those days back in '93 with Sam, I will assure you all of his total dislike of winter. I also know that 18 inches of snow didn't prevent Sam from reading, but that is a completely different story.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Sam B.

    Historian, self-proclaimed gentleman, agrarian-at-heart, & curator extraordinaire
    ​READ MORE


    Picture
    ABG Sponsor, Click Here
    Picture
    ABG Sponsor, Click Here
    Picture
    ABG Sponsor - Click for Link
    Tweets by @BiscuitsGA

    Social Media

    RSS Feed

    Books Blog Directory

    Categories

    All
    Agriculture
    Art
    Books
    Business
    Christmas
    Civil War
    Community Revitalization
    Culture
    Education
    Family
    Fashion
    Fiction
    Film & Television
    Food
    Garden
    Hiking
    History
    Home
    Industry
    Local
    Music
    Native American
    Outdoors
    Politics
    Restaurants
    Revolutionary War
    Tradition
    Travel
    World War II

    Archives

    November 2022
    July 2022
    March 2022
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    July 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    January 2013
    December 2010

Copyright 2015
ABG. The celebration and preservation of Southern history, culture, and agrarian ideals.
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Contributors
  • ABG CFB
  • Reference center
  • Contact Us