silent night, jewish night

(pictured: (L) keri & me, (R) funnyface, clara in background)

snow came to the valley the first time this winter late this saturday night.

i worked at the store from 1 until 8 that day because of a 20% of one item sale. you really would've thought we were giving away entire train sets for free or something the way that the people in town were going nuts. i thought it would be no big deal because when i got into town at noonish on saturday (to get my hummus bagel across the street before heading to work) i noticed NO ONE walking around.

later i realized this was because they were all inside the toy store. ahh anyhow. the intensity of bagging toys for 6 hours straight was washed away later that evening.

after work i went with funnyface and some friends to our friend's debut performance with an improv comedy group on campus. and while at the after party, at about 1230am these pictures were taken.

we rushed outside and after the initial spontaneous round of "silent night," sung by four jews and...me...we were hushed and there was absolutely no sound (except for a few hugs and kisses).

this is what i love about snow. especially the first snowfall. everything is wrapped in soft, fluffy white, and even the pitch-black dark of the night sky is replaced with a yellowish glow.

today however, all of my snow has since frozen over and it's a blistery 12 degrees outside.

but, i'm not going to think about that right now. i'm going to hold the soft glow of saturday night close. if i can do that, even when it's march and the snow is brown and i'm so tired of it that i want to scream...if i can remember that silence and hope and purity of the first flake, maybe this winter won't be so bad.

season's greetings.