Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. ~Robert Frost
The wind howling outside my window woke me up early this morning. WInter is on its way to Western Pennsylvania, after sweeping through the Midwest and laying a trail of snow across the country. It is still warm and wet here this morning but that is predicted to change in a few hours, a change carried by the wind that is now shaking the bare treetops in a wild dance. I am of two minds about winter. When there is snow and ice, it is breathtakingly beautiful but also dangerous. When there is no snow and ice, it is brown and gray but less harsh as well. Perhaps I enjoy both and the constant shift between. As I contemplate another winter solstice, one surrounded by a great deal of speculation, fear, and hope, I offer a song that I featured last year at this time. Enjoy the return of longer days.
You can’t get too much winter in the winter. ~Robert Frost
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I love this video. The music and images are wonderful, and your voice is so lovely. Thank you for sharing it with us again. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it, Robin; thank you so much.
I love it when you recycle your work because it is so magnificent. We have no snow and miss it for Christmas Day but agonize over my family traveling home in it. It is always bittersweet. Thank you for helping me to free fall into that beauty without paying the price. 🙂 Have a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year.
Recycling – I like that 🙂 I am always happy to help the free fall into beauty and joy – have a wonderful holiday, my friend.
I like ‘recycle’ as well – it goes so well with the seasonal cycle and when you do recycle while it is once again winter, it is perceived differently each time. I heard much more in this composition the second time around. And so well sung – is that you? Lovely voice!
I just listened again and this time I was watching when the credits went by – it is you singing. Wonderful!
Yes, that’s me – glad you liked it!
beautiful!
Thank you, Amy.
We just get grey and wet never snow…so as always, your images and songs bring back
Winters I remember from the mid-west. Now I feel I can really say Welcome Yule!
I will think of you when I light the Yule Log tonight, Carol. Enjoy your holiday!
Thank you, again, for this lovely music, Lynn. Blessings to your Solstice and warmth! Joy to your holidays…
Thanks, Kitty; glad you enjoyed it the second time around 🙂 A blessed Solstice and holiday season to you! I hear that your area got a lot of snow, hope you are snug and warm.
I remember this video, and the accompanying song. It remains as evocative as ever.
In my part of the Chicago area, despite warnings of a possible blizzard, we got a mere dusting of snow. From what I’ve been hearing, Indianapolis received about two inches.
Thanks, Kerry. I don’t usually “recycle” my work but it seemed appropriate today. We are supposed to get an inch of snow here; it is snowing on and off now, enough to cover the ground and blow around in the wind.
I enjoyed the song and accompanying pictures, thank you. Like you, we have had nothing but grey, wet, windy weather here for a good few days. A little snow would be a relief.
Thanks, Tootlepedal, glad you enjoyed it! We are getting snow now but the temperature is very cold, with wind making it more so. The snow is beautiful, but burrrrrrr!
Here in NYC the world seems to be ending in rain, so far…
Vlad, it has been nothing but rain here for days but now the snow has arrived. Perhaps you will have a white solstice as well 🙂
Thanks for visiting, Frank, and happy solstice. I intend to light the fireplace tonight for a little Yule celebration 🙂
The video & music captures both the first blast of winter and the winter solstice mood. Thanks for stimulating a reflection.