SPRING, OF COURSE IT’S RAPPING AT THE DOOR

Today is heavily overcast and despite the snowfall of the past two days, it is most likely going to rain before the noon hour......turning the lane into a quagmire of slush. I think we may have rain for several more days, as well, before the arrival of the March Break......when my teacher-partner, Suzanne, will sit with me here, at Birch Hollow, also admiring the view over The Bog.

It seemed as if spring would arrive early this year, from the substantial melt over a week ago, but the temperatures dropped for most of the week, and that kept the daily reduction of snow to what the sun rays alone could inspire. Still, it has been an easy winter here in Muskoka, with a lot of wonderful sunlight. I’ve worked at this desk many days, over the past two months, and had my hands soothed by the sunlight coming through this glass pane. The old cats have enjoyed sitting up on the window sill, and watching our resident squirrels stealing from the bird feeder. I have found it all very cheerful, when for most winters in the past, January and February have been bitter cold and gloomy. Not this year. I don’t know if it inspires me to write more, or not, but I definitely feel less tired and reluctant. As a life-time writer, I do have moments when I would rather do anything else than play at this keyboard. But I have work to do, and I will force myself to settle and eventually compose. If I was to ever allow my disinterest to prevail, I would be finished as a writer. I have long stuck to the policy that regardless of the emotion, the mood of the room, disposition of the other inmates here at Birch Hollow, or the intrusions encountered by door rap and phone ring, to never cease a writing project as a result. It might mean I’m a tad terse or negative in a story-line. Of this I offer an apology to readers.

Today might be gloomy by appearance but wondrous by association, with the glimpse of spring’s proximity glowing with possibility on the horizon. It will be a good day at the keyboard. Of that I guarantee. See some of my other current blog-sites, being more regularly updated.