I Must Recant... At Least 50 %

I must recant ... 

The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines "recant" as :

transitive verb 1 : to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
2 : revokeintransitive verb : to make an open confession of error

So what statement or belief am I formally and publicly withdrawing ?  See blog entry entitled "Let It Snow" on December 20th.  I love snow ?  Really ?  What was I thinking ?  


The old phrase, "absence makes the heart grow fonder", never rang true more than this morning.  With a beat up shovel in hand (one that never really has seen much snow), I made my way outside to clear a path.  Out of breath, and with a sore back, I returned to the house with the unmistakable feeling that I must recant...  at least 50 %.  It seems I was a bit hasty in my previous blog statement.  Snow in and of itself is not all that bad, but the pains it can produce most certainly are bad.  So that is the 50 % that I withdraw.  

I still stand by snow's side and marvel at it's beauty.  I enjoy the peace it produces when all is calm.  And I also relish the moment to throw a snowball or two, or three.  This is the 50 % I choose to hold onto.  If absence makes the heart grow fonder, then the sooner the snow is gone, the faster I can get back to my love of snow.  Until then, I think I'll build a snowman, or sit inside where it's warm and pretend.

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