Series 1, Part 3

RHYTHMS OF LIFE
3. Seasons

Living by Seasons

I was enjoying an hour with a new friend last winter, watching flakes of snow flutter past the coffee shop window as he described the outline of his life: his career, his family, places he had lived. A native of Colorado, he had spent a number of years living in southern California but had returned to Denver a couple of years ago. I asked him why he had moved back – a work opportunity?

He looked thoughtful, then replied, “Actually, I got tired of the weather.”

“But isn’t the weather there pretty good?” I asked him. I’d only been living in the States for a couple of years, all that time in the shadow of the Rockies, but even I knew part of the draw of California was the bright sun-filled skies.

“It was always good weather,” he replied. “Always sunny, always hot. Every day was perfect. That was the problem. I realized I was really missing the cold mornings, the frosty air, the snow. I wanted to watch the Aspens change in the mountains. Something happens when you come out of a long, dark winter into a fresh, green spring; I can’t explain it. I knew I needed
seasons . . .” read more

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