[Magdalen] Safely home

[Louise Laughton]

"A certain slant of light on winter afternoons" as Emily Dickinson noted? The long blue shadows that big confers cast on the snow in January? Winter light can be beautiful beyond words in Central New York.

On Nov 12, 2014, at 7:54 AM, Kate Conant wrote:

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 1:55 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> My friend who moved to Kissimmee took great pleasure in selling her
> snow-blower.
> 
> She came here from Trinidad via Caracas, but she says she misses
> New England in lots of ways. Especially winter light. It was her husband,
> from Jamaica, who insisted on retiring to Florida.
> -M
> 
> 

​Wouldn't that be winter "lack of light"??   And why would she miss it?

It's bad enough already down here in West Virginia with only 10 hours of
daylight:


  1. 6:52 AM
  Sunrise in Charles Town, WV
  4:59 PM
  Sunset in Charles Town, WV

Kate​