http://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/live_free_and_blog/archive/tags/Snow/default.aspxTags: SnowenCommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)http://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/live_free_and_blog/archive/2008/03/04/Doldrums_2E002E002E002E00_.aspxTue, 04 Mar 2008 15:21:00 GMT7b375189-dcc7-4af7-b4d3-2fc751a0220e:7407NHLife0http://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/live_free_and_blog/comments/7407.aspxhttp://cs.newhampshire.com/blogs/live_free_and_blog/commentrss.aspx?PostID=7407<p>I looked up the definition of doldrums today.&nbsp; Not because I didn&#39;t know what it meant, but because I wanted to put it down here.&nbsp; So you would know what I&#39;m feeling and thinking these days.</p><p>&quot;Doldrums&quot; is defined as a &quot;period of stagnation or slump&quot; and also as &quot;a period of depression or unhappy listlessness&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p>That&#39;s it.&nbsp; That&#39;s what happens when it snows nearly every day&nbsp;from&nbsp;November through March.&nbsp; Some&nbsp;call it cabin fever, some call it Seasonal Affective Disorder.&nbsp; Others call it the winter blues.&nbsp; I like to consider it a form of &quot;March Madness&quot;.&nbsp;</p><p>So, I decided to write a letter.&nbsp; Dear Mother Nature:&nbsp; The sidewalks have all but disappeared.&nbsp; The roads are closing in.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are trapped - trapped! - in our homes.&nbsp; We need&nbsp;out!&nbsp; Do you think you could possibly allow spring to be sprung already, because I&#39;m not sure how much longer we can make it.&nbsp; It was festive in December.&nbsp;&nbsp;Fun&nbsp;in January.&nbsp;&nbsp;Tolerable in February.&nbsp; But it&#39;s March and the crocus bulbs have no idea what to do.&nbsp; I&#39;m writing for them <em>and</em> for us.&nbsp; And, what&#39;s up with New York City?&nbsp; They can walk on their sidewalks.&nbsp; Something isn&#39;t right&nbsp;here.&nbsp; On&nbsp;an up note, thank you for not making&nbsp;everything frigid and wind-chilly too.&nbsp; Signed,&nbsp;Seasonally Affected.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>I told you I was going mad.</p><img src="http://cs.newhampshire.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7407" width="1" height="1">WinterSpringSnow