Comments on: Dashing through the snow http://elekhni.com/2007/12/dashing-through-the-snow/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:17:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jottingsnmusings http://elekhni.com/2007/12/dashing-through-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-133 jottingsnmusings Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:46:52 +0000 http://lekhni.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/dashing-through-the-snow/#comment-133 Nice stuff, this is my first time here and I enjoyed going through your posts. I love snow, as long as I can comfortably sit at home sipping hot chai of course! Just posted something on these lines today, you might enjoy reading it. http://jottingsnmusings.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/did-you-know/ Nice stuff, this is my first time here and I enjoyed going through your posts. I love snow, as long as I can comfortably sit at home sipping hot chai of course! Just posted something on these lines today, you might enjoy reading it. http://jottingsnmusings.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/did-you-know/

]]> By: lekhni http://elekhni.com/2007/12/dashing-through-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-132 lekhni Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:58:16 +0000 http://lekhni.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/dashing-through-the-snow/#comment-132 Thanks for sharing your experiences. I loved all your accounts! <strong>Siri</strong>: The SLR photo incident had me in splits! I once took similar pictures of the Niagara falls at night - black with a ghostly white something :) <strong>tabula rasa</strong>: That must have been Northwest! I have never heard that one before, though, and here I thought I was a veteran air travel sufferer. Btw, do you by any chance have that alma mater photo on Flickr? I'd love to see it! <strong>dipali</strong>: Dog turds? You mean the snowmen turned out to have...? That's awful.. <strong>rajk</strong>: Well, I agree snow is an inconvenience. But it's great to have 4 seasons, you know. I wouldn't give up fall and spring for anything! Plus, there is something about a winter landscape, a world stripped down to its bare essentials.. <strong>the One</strong>: That sounds like a lot of fun! I guess it was dangerous too..I am amazed at your ability to cycle in all that snow (against the wind too)! <strong>Kamini</strong>: Yes, the only good snow in NYC is in Central Park. It turns black too quickly on the sidewalks. It does make freshly fallen snow all the more precious. <strong> parmanu</strong>: Beautiful account. Leaves are "outstretched palms offering a scoop of vanilla" indeed! As to what you are missing - well, watching the landscape change overnight into fairyland. And spending a couple of hours shoveling snow from your driveway. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I loved all your accounts!

Siri: The SLR photo incident had me in splits! I once took similar pictures of the Niagara falls at night – black with a ghostly white something :)

tabula rasa: That must have been Northwest! I have never heard that one before, though, and here I thought I was a veteran air travel sufferer. Btw, do you by any chance have that alma mater photo on Flickr? I’d love to see it!

dipali: Dog turds? You mean the snowmen turned out to have…? That’s awful..

rajk: Well, I agree snow is an inconvenience. But it’s great to have 4 seasons, you know. I wouldn’t give up fall and spring for anything! Plus, there is something about a winter landscape, a world stripped down to its bare essentials..

the One: That sounds like a lot of fun! I guess it was dangerous too..I am amazed at your ability to cycle in all that snow (against the wind too)!

Kamini: Yes, the only good snow in NYC is in Central Park. It turns black too quickly on the sidewalks. It does make freshly fallen snow all the more precious.

parmanu: Beautiful account. Leaves are “outstretched palms offering a scoop of vanilla” indeed!

As to what you are missing – well, watching the landscape change overnight into fairyland. And spending a couple of hours shoveling snow from your driveway.

]]> By: parmanu http://elekhni.com/2007/12/dashing-through-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-131 parmanu Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:31:37 +0000 http://lekhni.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/dashing-through-the-snow/#comment-131 In my case, reality eclipses imagination - probably because there was very little of the latter. Your post made me think back to something I had written a couple of years ago, about snow: http://parmanu.wordpress.com/2005/02/26/seeing/ We have very little snowfall where I live in Germany. Which is a pity. And snowstorms? I have no idea what they are like. Am I missing much? In my case, reality eclipses imagination – probably because there was very little of the latter.

Your post made me think back to something I had written a couple of years ago, about snow: http://parmanu.wordpress.com/2005/02/26/seeing/

We have very little snowfall where I live in Germany. Which is a pity. And snowstorms? I have no idea what they are like. Am I missing much?

]]> By: dipali http://elekhni.com/2007/12/dashing-through-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-130 dipali Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:24:40 +0000 http://lekhni.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/dashing-through-the-snow/#comment-130 You are tagged! You are tagged!

]]> By: Kamini http://elekhni.com/2007/12/dashing-through-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Kamini Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:18:55 +0000 http://lekhni.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/dashing-through-the-snow/#comment-129 I remember the excitement of my first snowfall in Ithaca, NY, where my husband and I were graduate students years ago. And how quickly we wearied of it, after that endless upstate winter! But then the excitement was rekindled in the blizzard of 1996 in New York. New York was a ghost city, and Central Park was a true winter wonderland. It was surreal and beautiful. I still think that freshly fallen snow is one of the loveliest sights in the world. Kamini. I remember the excitement of my first snowfall in Ithaca, NY, where my husband and I were graduate students years ago. And how quickly we wearied of it, after that endless upstate winter! But then the excitement was rekindled in the blizzard of 1996 in New York. New York was a ghost city, and Central Park was a true winter wonderland. It was surreal and beautiful. I still think that freshly fallen snow is one of the loveliest sights in the world.
Kamini.

]]> By: the One http://elekhni.com/2007/12/dashing-through-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-128 the One Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:46:12 +0000 http://lekhni.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/dashing-through-the-snow/#comment-128 Cycling through what can only be described as a blizzard in the southern Netherlands. The bicycle was a rickety affair, only barely held together by a couple of rusty bolts, the best that a poor intern could afford. Snow was everywhere, visibility must have been about ten metres, and the wind was strong enough to drive me+bicycle off the cycle track more than once! But in hindsight, it was fun :) Cycling through what can only be described as a blizzard in the southern Netherlands. The bicycle was a rickety affair, only barely held together by a couple of rusty bolts, the best that a poor intern could afford. Snow was everywhere, visibility must have been about ten metres, and the wind was strong enough to drive me+bicycle off the cycle track more than once!

But in hindsight, it was fun :)

]]> By: rajk http://elekhni.com/2007/12/dashing-through-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-127 rajk Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:59:28 +0000 http://lekhni.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/dashing-through-the-snow/#comment-127 I've still not seen snow..but now after living in the US, I've come to regard it for what it is...for most people, an inconvevnience and even a danger in its extreme form. Earlier, thanks to exposure to snow only in Hindi movies, I'd always considered it very romantic and desirable...But then, I'd never seen/heard about people having to shovel snow out of driveways, power-outages due to snowstorms, multi-car pile-ups due to icy roads..... I’ve still not seen snow..but now after living in the US, I’ve come to regard it for what it is…for most people, an inconvevnience and even a danger in its extreme form. Earlier, thanks to exposure to snow only in Hindi movies, I’d always considered it very romantic and desirable…But then, I’d never seen/heard about people having to shovel snow out of driveways, power-outages due to snowstorms, multi-car pile-ups due to icy roads…..

]]> By: dipali http://elekhni.com/2007/12/dashing-through-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-126 dipali Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:17:48 +0000 http://lekhni.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/dashing-through-the-snow/#comment-126 Early childhood. The winter of 1962 in England- such heavy snowfall that our school was closed for a few days. Loving the snowfall, falling so softly and gently, and turning the whole world white. Making snowmen on our street with my sister, and being thoroughly disgusted and upset when dog turds emerged from the whiteness. Early childhood. The winter of 1962 in England- such heavy snowfall that our school was closed for a few days. Loving the snowfall, falling so softly and gently, and turning the whole world white.
Making snowmen on our street with my sister, and being thoroughly disgusted and upset when dog turds emerged from the whiteness.

]]> By: tabula rasa http://elekhni.com/2007/12/dashing-through-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-125 tabula rasa Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:48:16 +0000 http://lekhni.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/dashing-through-the-snow/#comment-125 as a grad student i once braved a snowstorm that deposited 10 inches on my fair city to go take a photograph from the statue of the alma mater at the center of the university. that picture turned out cool bec you could see a bunch of people walking one way and a bunch walking the other way, but only one of those bunches was bent over in half. however, my fave snowstorm story centers around a time i was returning from a conference in new orleans. the flight connected in detroit, and, of course, there was a snow storm there. i waited a few hours for my delayed connection and finally, late at night, they started boarding. i was one of the first on the plane by virtue of having a seat in the bargain basement last row. as i entered, and walked down the aisle, i had this weird sensation of white spots floating in front of my eyes. i wondered -- was i unwell? was it due to the pressures of the conference (you know, new orleans, february). the further i walked, the more the spots grew, in size as well as frequency. i started shivering. it was really cold. i reached my seat. it was covered in snow. someone had left the back door of the plane open. i used the emergency procedures manual to scrape two inches off the seat, and spent the flight sitting on two blankets and an inflight magazine. as a grad student i once braved a snowstorm that deposited 10 inches on my fair city to go take a photograph from the statue of the alma mater at the center of the university. that picture turned out cool bec you could see a bunch of people walking one way and a bunch walking the other way, but only one of those bunches was bent over in half. however, my fave snowstorm story centers around a time i was returning from a conference in new orleans. the flight connected in detroit, and, of course, there was a snow storm there. i waited a few hours for my delayed connection and finally, late at night, they started boarding. i was one of the first on the plane by virtue of having a seat in the bargain basement last row. as i entered, and walked down the aisle, i had this weird sensation of white spots floating in front of my eyes. i wondered — was i unwell? was it due to the pressures of the conference (you know, new orleans, february). the further i walked, the more the spots grew, in size as well as frequency. i started shivering. it was really cold.

i reached my seat. it was covered in snow. someone had left the back door of the plane open.

i used the emergency procedures manual to scrape two inches off the seat, and spent the flight sitting on two blankets and an inflight magazine.

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