Winter

It's that time of the year.  The time for family.  The time for presents.  The time for hot chocolate.  The time for slipping, sliding, shivering.  Yep.  It's old man Winter.  Goodbye, bike.  So long, shorts.  Hello, bus (bawls uncontrollably).

Truthfully, Winter is one of the few times this writer is glad he doesn't drive.  As stated before, this is the season for slipping and sliding.  Heck, this writer just saw someone spinout and he was only going two mph.  He did everything right and still spunout.  Then, there are those who can't stop when they need to and go sliding through a stop sign or a red light.  If that's not scary, the word needs to be redefined.

The few bikers still out aren't safe either.  A co-worker told this writer her husbad was rifing his bike to work, then took a turn and wound up sliding underneath a parked car.  That sound like a deleted scene from the movie Premium Rush, not real life.  Yep, it's time to put away the bike.

Pedestrians suffer Winter's wrath, as well.  It can be scary walking up a steep hill covered in ice or a thin layer of snow.  You have to keep a good pace or you'll be going backwards.  Power on up that hill or fall and slide back to the bottom.

Winter isn't all bad though.  You can have a snowball fight, go sleding, or skiing.  A walk down a snow covered street can be beautiful to look at.  Imagine walking down a side street with snowmen, igloos, and snow fortresses in every front yard.  Plus, the snow itself lights up an area quite well.  Even at night, you can see quite far if it's not blustery.  As you can see, there's good to accompany the bad.  Most if the bad revolve around simply not being able to move the way you want to or just being cold.

Until next time...