The yyyyyyys of snow


Y-1 – Why don’t we expect snow in Boston?
Y-2 – Why do weathercasters whip themselves into a froth over any sign of precipitation?
Y-3 – Why were people surprised at said snow storm when aforementioned weathercasters had been predicting it for at least two days?
Y-4 – Why do people drive in a Boston winter with gas tanks near empty?
Y-5 – Why will some people never take the T even in the middle of a crazy storm or better yet before the storm hits so they can’t keep their arses off the road?
Y-6 – What happened to the enterprising youth of yore who made “mad” money helping shovel neighbors and strangers during snow storms?
Y-7 – Why did I get rid of my snow boots before I replaced them?
Y-8 – Why does the ghost of the blizzard of ’78 still linger in ’07?
Y-9 – Why ask why?

I wasn’t dreaming of a white Christmas but I knew it was a possibility because, hello, I live in Boston.  It’s December.  It’s s’posed to be some combinations of cold, icy, or snowy.

A snowstorm is a good excuse to bake an apple pie (because calories consumed during snowstorms don’t count), make hot chocolate, read a trashy book, watch a stupid movie, snuggle and make love.

Let’s be prepared next time.  O-tay?


About Candelaria Silva

Candelaria Silva-Collins is a marketing, community outreach and programming consultant; writer; and trainer/facilitator who lives in Boston, Massachusetts. She has designed and facilitated workshops on a wide variety of topics including communication, facilitation, job search skills, team building, and parenting issues. She currently coordinates the Community Membership Program of the Huntington Theatre Company. Her work as Director of ACT Roxbury was profiled in several publications, including The Creative Communities Builders Handbook. Candelaria’s children’s stories, short stories, essays and reviews have been published in local and national publications and she is an active blogger. Her publications include the booklets, Handling Rejection; Pushing through Shyness: Networking Tips when You’re Shy, Slow to Warm Up or Just don’t Feel you Belong; and Real Questions about Sex & Relationships for Teens: A Discussion Guide for Parents. She has served on the boards of Goddard College, Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston Foundation for Architecture, and Discover Roxbury. She is currently Chair, Designators of the Henderson Foundation.