Comments on: Welcome, Winter http://www.acceity.org/2008/12/welcome-winter/ A Southwest Wisconsin Blog Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Daniel Day-Lewis http://www.acceity.org/2008/12/welcome-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Daniel Day-Lewis Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:26:04 +0000 http://www.acceity.org/?p=231#comment-27 I don't necessarily enjoy BEING cold, with the shivering and numbness, but I like winter. I think bundling up to brave the cold is exciting. Moreso than being gross and sweaty in the summer. I don’t necessarily enjoy BEING cold, with the shivering and numbness, but I like winter. I think bundling up to brave the cold is exciting. Moreso than being gross and sweaty in the summer.

]]> By: Josh http://www.acceity.org/2008/12/welcome-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Josh Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:08:03 +0000 http://www.acceity.org/?p=231#comment-26 I do live on a farm. We don't do much with it anymore, but when I was younger we kept dairy cattle, so I did have to help with chores when I was in grade school. I remember many occasions going out to feed calves, shovel snow, carry pails, or other such tasks in the winter. I didn't especially enjoy the work, but I can't say I minded the cold. In fact, I distinctly remember enjoying the cold, even that long ago, while being made to work on the farm as a kid. I found it as strangely exciting then as I do now, and I'm certain that my love of the cold partly sprung from doing those winter chores when I was young. I mean, I never liked being stuck outside in the frigid air forever, and I wouldn't like that now either. I would hate to be stranded outdoors in the winter. Nevertheless, I've always liked to sport with the cold, to see just how much I can take. This may sound insane, but when I was younger I really felt that the cold made doing my chores easier, I found the chill energizing, perhaps because it added excitement that wasn't there at other times, perhaps just because it was better to me than the heat I despise in summertime. In any case, I can say quite certainly that I liked the cold regardless of whether I was outside to go sledding, or to wait for the school bus, or even to do chores. And I still like the cold now. I guess it's just a part of who I am. Does anybody else who reads this enjoy the cold? I do live on a farm. We don’t do much with it anymore, but when I was younger we kept dairy cattle, so I did have to help with chores when I was in grade school. I remember many occasions going out to feed calves, shovel snow, carry pails, or other such tasks in the winter. I didn’t especially enjoy the work, but I can’t say I minded the cold. In fact, I distinctly remember enjoying the cold, even that long ago, while being made to work on the farm as a kid. I found it as strangely exciting then as I do now, and I’m certain that my love of the cold partly sprung from doing those winter chores when I was young. I mean, I never liked being stuck outside in the frigid air forever, and I wouldn’t like that now either. I would hate to be stranded outdoors in the winter. Nevertheless, I’ve always liked to sport with the cold, to see just how much I can take. This may sound insane, but when I was younger I really felt that the cold made doing my chores easier, I found the chill energizing, perhaps because it added excitement that wasn’t there at other times, perhaps just because it was better to me than the heat I despise in summertime. In any case, I can say quite certainly that I liked the cold regardless of whether I was outside to go sledding, or to wait for the school bus, or even to do chores. And I still like the cold now. I guess it’s just a part of who I am.

Does anybody else who reads this enjoy the cold?

]]> By: Eric http://www.acceity.org/2008/12/welcome-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Eric Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:21:25 +0000 http://www.acceity.org/?p=231#comment-25 You brave the cold while I stay inside. And yet, it is what we chose to do today. I wonder if you would say the same -- that you like the cold -- if you were forced to go outside, e.g. if you were to live on a farm and have to do chores, or if you lived during the time period of the pioneers, or even if you had an outhouse. It may be interesting to discover what we like based on what we need to do versus what we choose to do. You brave the cold while I stay inside. And yet, it is what we chose to do today. I wonder if you would say the same — that you like the cold — if you were forced to go outside, e.g. if you were to live on a farm and have to do chores, or if you lived during the time period of the pioneers, or even if you had an outhouse. It may be interesting to discover what we like based on what we need to do versus what we choose to do.

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