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“Livin’ The Dream” almost as difficult are men. The days of
aftershave and ties and ashtrays are long
gone. Whatever to do? Marketers really
of shopping that gets parents of young Snow is a season all by itself. It try, offering innovative new gadgets
children up off their lawn chairs and into appears as a flake. And then two. We take that will divert the men in our lives (or
the stores. Heaven forbid that a child a renewed interest in weather reports and
appears in school on that picture-taking apps. We eye the sky warily and awaken our elders) for at least an evening before
being relegated to a drawer somewhere,
first day with even one previously worn every morning to apprehensively open and then finding its way to the garage,
garment. That would surely portend bad one eye to see if our landscape has been and ultimately the donation bin.
luck for the upcoming school year! magically transformed in the night.
Yes, we recognize the sub-seasons
Geese preparing to fly south get Parents of young children consider as surely as they were marked on a
Gram and Gramps to their various the pack-ie potential of the snow when calendar. Barbeques give way to slow
technologies to procure airline tickets the children clamour for a snowman.
so that they too may fly south. Snowman Season is upon us. cookers bubbling up stew. Soups.
By Janeen Wagemans Comforting hot drinks instead of
We all try to put a brave face to the And as sure as the snow folk make their refreshing cold ones. We know all
declining temperatures. Shorts and flip appearance on lawns, pens and paper the signs and greet them with some
here are seasons. And then there are
Tseasons. flops are reluctantly put away and we appear on kitchen tables and Christmas trepidation. But we do know what to do.
declare to all who will listen that we present list forms up. The traditional And we also know that there are cozy
We are familiar with the “big four” love “sweater weather.” question is posed; What on earth can little mini seasons ahead. Like the calm
– spring, summer, fall, and winter. But we give a teenager that can be both after the storm of the holidays when
you will not be surprised to know that From there, it is but a slippery slope to appreciated and wrapped? They really we can go to that stack of big fat books
there are many other “seasons” with the season of snow tires and the hanging like money, but that just won’t do. Asking we’ve accumulated and settle down by
which we are equally familiar, though of the outdoor Christmas lights “before the parents is seldom helpful because, the fire if we have one, and a pot of tea,
there are some variations. it becomes a battle with the elements.” even if they knew last week, they have no for a nice relaxing afternoon read while
Complaints about - not so much the
Corn tasseling is the harbinger of idea about now, and goodness only knows the wind howls around outside, and we
“back to school,” that phrenetic flurry temperature, but - “it’s the wind.” what will delight them by Christmas. And await the next “season.”