Comments on: A Morning Wrapped in Ice

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:08:43 +0000

April,
Thank you for leading me through your icy landscape. We have snow and rain in New Mexico, but rarely ice. I wish i had been there to walk it with you. Linda

By: Gail G

Gail G — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:48:11 +0000

Thanks, April, I almost felt as though I were there with you. This morning, as I look out my office window at the glassy branches and twigs, recalling scraping the ice off my car and treading very gently on th icy sidewalks, I appreciate the acute intersection between the gasp at the beauty and the gasp of fear at the treacherous footing. And how it happens at times that danger and beauty are each appreciated the more because of that interaction!

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:05:34 +0000

April,
Thank you for taking all of this in and sharing it with the rest of us. I do not have the ability to take in what you do from nature, but interestingly, I think I get more of what you see and feel when you transform it into a piece of art with written words.
I especially liked the way you conveyed the sense of urgency to take it all in while it lasted–starting from when you eyes first opened, to hearing rain, to being now at this tree, now this, now this, faster and faster, to take it all in before it melted back to what it was before.
Send us more like this!

By: De

De — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:47:07 +0000

What a beautiful piece of prose! Thank you, April.

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:09:08 +0000

Yes, April, I rare and splendid sight, the ice strom. And lucky for you to have the variety of trees to refract it all. Thanks, Todd

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:22:41 +0000

Beautiful description of a winter wonderland!

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:10:07 +0000

Lovely. Thanks for shairing your walk in such descriptive terms. We’ve had ice here too but not on the trees like your version, but on the streets and driveways. I know you had that too but it can’t compete with the artistry nature creates among its organic elements. I just wish I could wax poetic about my 92 y/o friend who slipped and fell into a pole on her way to the mail box and smashed her mouth. And another friend who slipped and fell and broke her ankle. I don’t usually know so many people who’ve suffered from what I just accept as a natural beauty as in as your description. It was an jolt to my innocent love of an icy landscape to have it happen. On a different level of thought on icy scenes…cold and dampness also create wonderful scenes with hore(sp?) frost as well as ice. I imagine your trees having fascinating beauty when it occurs around you.