snowed in

"And the city council opened up the Council House in Victoria Square so that people who had abandoned their cars could walk there to get a cup of tea"

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it snowed heavily in london this week, the most in ten years. i woke up to an amazing snowfall and white-out, and although it meant that walking (on slippery ice and snow and slush) became physically difficult, i felt an incredible sense of child-like wonderment at the wintry weather

i had thought that i would never see it snow like that in london, not during my university years anyway. with all the warnings about global warming and climate change, i was prepared for an uninspiring season. but instead, i found myself happily sinking my fingers into fluffy snow layers on cars, squeezing the frozen liquid through my palm. amazing simple pleasure

i guess nature has its way of surprising us!

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yesterday ah-vette and i went to twickenham to watch the england v italy women's 6 nations match. while england won 23-0, i thought the scoreline wasn't a fair reflection of the heart that italy had put into their defence

it's an all-too-familiar reminder that history looks at facts, figures, and the obvious; here is almost no place officially for the heart, mind and soul

or maybe i'm just being melancholy!

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