i needed it right there on 35e

dear minnesota snow,

i was so moody yesterday. snow fell all over this past weekend and it's falling again today. yesterday though, i hadn't driven my car since saturday and so when i went out to my car so i could get on my way to my mother's, my car was mounded with snow and sorta wedged in a half like snow bank. so, with my weak mittens and my scraper i started to uncover my little black car. within 5 minutes, my little chubby fingers were so cold and my feet were throbbing from the chill that i had to run back into my apartment where i threw off my shoes and then put my hands under water. i was so moody. i was feeling hate over the snow and the cold. i didn't even think twice about how i was cursing and pouting at what is natural weather for minnesota. it was my choice to live here, you know. anyhow, i finished up my car and eventually got my car onto the road and attempted to get out of the cities. it seemed to take me forever to get out of them though. i ended up in st. paul (like i always do) to do errands and go to the mississippi market. i picked up my coffee, making me feel an ounce better, and headed out onto 35e. it was bumper to bumper for a bit. i was thinking that i'd never get out of the cities and into the woods. just as i was thinking this i looked over to my right for no reason - and what did i see - but it was my favorite house in st. paul! oh, a smile came across my face and i began to appreciate the snow and cold like i did last year and the year before. this will be my third winter here after moving here from sunny and warm california. if it wasn't for the snow, i wouldn't have seen that blinding aqua victorian home on the east side of st. paul. i would have never known that there is a view of it from the freeway. delightful. also, prior to seeing the house by surprise, i could not remember what street it was on. i was just driving by with ryan last year, exploring st. paul, and there it was in all it's beauty. so thank you, snow. you opened my eyes, made me smile, and i needed it right then at that moment on 35e.

love,
jean says
(lives in minneapolis, but seems to be in st. paul like all the time)


for those who are not snow,
i've been listening to
john and yoko's double fantasy
nick lowe's pure pop for now people
the kills keep your mean side
hayden's moving careful
thee headcoatees cessation
"dogs" by nina nastasia
elvis costello's almost blue
magic numbers first record (i am blanking on it's title). it's good.

bye for now.jean.