snow

today the snow was so massive that it was impossible to get between places. it was half a meter. i was walking home, looking like snowman, when i noticed that the cat in the next house was sitting inthe wheeltraces. he looked at me like i was an alien. nothing seemed to disturb him. and i thought, this is the way to live; undisturbed by the chaos of your surroundings.

i think its probably a nice time of the year, when you just have to stay inside and read.
curled up like the cats do, licking themselves.
some people really like snow. i feel comforted by it. i mean there was practically no snow at all last winter.
this is when this place turns into this fairytale island its supposed to be.

i have been listening to music of the middle ages. it's quite beautiful. For some strange reason i really like Giacomo Caressimi, who wrote historia di Jepthe, around 1600. i also like Henry Purcell and Claudio Monteverdi. Music from this era has a lot of simplicity to it. They even included the trouvéres in the course, who were french troubadours of the 1500s. of course i'm being forced to listen to this. But when i finally get to it i benefit.