It’s sad. It’s just really, really
sad.
Here’s a short clip of the blog I
wrote four years around this date; in fact, right as "The Streak" was beginning--
“All it took was a 15-minute span
around 1pm, when I went out and took a walk around downtown
Marquette, a downtown Marquette filled with sun and a temperature
approaching 60 degrees.
It‘s been a long time since I was
able to do that, to just go out and enjoy the sun and the “heat”.
Now, I realize that compared to, say, July, this was nothing, but
after 5 long months of temps below 50 (with very low seasonal sun
angles) it was nice to get out and “feel” the first taste of the
summer to come.
And I know I wasn’t the only one
enjoying it, The people I passed on the street all had an extra
spring in their steps, and I noticed things I haven’t seen in
months, like the young lady with neon orange hair sitting on the
steps of old City Hall, the young couple walking down the street,
hand-in-hand and oblivious to everything but love, and the guy
running up Front Street hill without a shirt, but wearing a hat &
gloves.”
That’s right. Four years ago almost today,
the temperature pushed 60. SIXTY. Six-zero. Within 20 degrees of
80. Or, if you wanna think of it this way. . .
50 degrees WARMER than it’s scheduled
to be today.
Sigh.
For once, I know I’m not the only one
sighing heavily. Even if I had 6 hands, I wouldn’t be able to count
the number of people who’s mentioned to me that they’re sick &
tired of the cold, they’re sick & tired of the snow, and
they’re just ready to have something. . .else. Something like the
day we had four years ago. Definitely nothing at all like the
weather which we’ve lived through for the last several months.
Once again, sigh. And that’s all I’m
gonna say about that, at least for now!
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