I have friends moving to Florida, Texas, Arizona and even Colorado.
“I’m tired of the cold weather!”
Or
“I can’t deal with any more commutes in the snow!”
Or
“I’m fed up with these crooked Illinois politicians!”
Since the early iPod days I’ve walked over to a park bench near Buckingham Fountain four times a year.
I sit down and play Vivaldi. I do it in the Spring, I do it in summer, autumn and especially Winter.
Usually in winter it happens after a couple “Tom and Jerry’s” at Miller’s Pub.
I do this because the music I listen to is called “Four Seasons.”
I do it because my hometown is beautiful at whatever angle the sunlight captures it.
The only time in my life I was away from Chicago I did everything possible to get back to Chicago.
Leave for warm weather and beaches? (Overcrowded and Hurricanes)
Leave for better politics and warmer weather? (Snakes and really hot summers)
Leave for warm weather and the desert? (Spiders and No CTA)
Leave for the mountains and laid back living? (Potheads and no grid system)
I will stick with cold and snow in The winter. The cold and snow in the spring. The construction and construction in the summer and bad football and no baseball in October every fall.
Because home is where the heart is…….
It’s also where hot dogs have mustard, pizzas are served in taverns, the streets are flat and have no curves and the lake offers gorgeous sunrises.
The news this morning is working this snow possibility Starting Tuesday thru Friday.
Maybe we should just wimp out and move?
The next line after todays quote is…. "You only truly, deeply appreciate and are grateful for something when you compare and contrast it to something worse." Steinbeck
