Cold and beautiful
From Gnomon Chronicles
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Context: "Looks cold and beautiful"
Cold and beautiful, yes. Minnesota. Life's rich pageant.
To be sure, I gripe about the cold from time to time. And yes, I'm keen for warmer weather, longer days, lilac blossoms and lakeside picnics ... yet ... the cold, the midwestern northland snow, is beautiful too.
In the News
Litany against Minnesotan is a prayer used in Minnesota as a psychological defense against the hazards of winter.
An unhappy man is unhappy in Paradise. A happy man is happy anywhere.
Fiction cross-reference
- A happy man is happy anywhere
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Layers will get you through any weather
- Litany against Minnesotan
Categories
Nonfiction cross-reference
Categories
- Category:Cold (nonfiction)
- Category:Essays by Karl Jones (nonfiction)
- Category:Minnesota (nonfiction)
- Category:Snow (nonfiction)
- Category:Winter (nonfiction)
External links
- Minnesota @ Wikipedia
- Cold @ Wikipedia: Cold is the presence of low temperature
- Snow @ Wikipedia
- The Weirdly Complex Science of Snow Removal @ YouTube
Social media
- [ Post] @ Twitter (12 February 2026)
