{"id":9047,"date":"2008-03-14T16:52:31","date_gmt":"2008-03-14T21:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/14\/kvelling-and-melting-in-march\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:31","slug":"kvelling-and-melting-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/14\/kvelling-and-melting-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"kvelling and melting in march"},"content":{"rendered":"

High-brow Snowmen?<\/strong><\/em> Last night, f\/k\/a<\/em> was honored to be the first featured site in a new series at Bob Eckstein’s Today’s Snowman<\/em><\/a> weblog — see “High-brow Snowman; The Series Part I<\/a>.” Many thanks to Bob for honoring us with a bouncy description of our weblog, links to a couple of our recent snowman postings, and a pair of related haiku. (Part II<\/a> focuses on “prolific poet Darryl Price.”)<\/p>\n

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<\/a> S<\/em>peaking of high-brow: Eckstein is studying whether snow-buddhas were being sculpted as far back as the 7th Century A.D. in China. (You can find more on the topic in his book The History of the Snowman<\/a><\/em>.)<\/p>\n

snow turns to rain –
\nBuddha\u2019s visit
\ncut short<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. by dagosan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

– A<\/em><\/strong>s for buddha-like impermanence: the once-mighty<\/a> 9′-Aspen, Colorado snowman now stands alone, melting away<\/a>.<\/p>\n

March ice storm —
\na starter snowman melts
\nin the freezer<\/p>\n

…….. by dagosan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It may be March, but Bob is continuing his monthly Snowman Today<\/em> snowman contest<\/a><\/a>. I sure hope Southern Hemisphere webloggers<\/a> will help spread the word, and nominate local snow creatures for future months, as we in the North America, Europe and Asia head into spring.<\/p>\n

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stiff march wind
\nthe sound
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\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. by ed markowski<\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Ready for March Madness?<\/em><\/strong> This photo by my brother Arthur Giacalone (turned into a haiga here<\/a>), reminds me we’re in that in-between season of lambs and lions, thaws and freezes, snowmelt and snowstorms. This morning, I awoke to 810WGY’s morning talk host Don Weeks<\/a> noting that Monday March 17 will be both<\/em> St. Patrick’s Day and Brackets Day. Don mused over how much more difficult it might be to decide on your NCAA basketball brackets<\/a> picks when filled with green beer. That coaxed a smile out of Prof. Yabut, but didn’t keep the rest of the f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang from bemoaning just how quickly mid-March has descended on us (not to mention the new, unnaturally-premature Daylight Savings Time).<\/p>\n

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mid-March thaw \u2013
\net tu,
\nsnow buddha?<\/p>\n

………………… by dagosan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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