deer season, waiting for snow.

i've been meaning to write more.
but these are always my intentions...
it seems like lately i have little to share.
i wake up, eat breakfast , have some coffee, accomplish menial daily tasks, watch movies and fall asleep on the sofa.
day after day.
 my town is how i know it, i don't need to wander and explore.
and my mind is as it always was...and like my tiny city, it seems there is never really anything extraordinary luring around corners or springing from unexpected places.
just a landscape of familiarity.
 comforting as it is, these cold days find me longing for dark woods.
i yearn for the need to watch my step, stay alert, be wary.

and normally on days like this i would just take to the woods, even moderately familiar woods, if only briefly...but seeing as it is opening day of deer season in the northwoods, well, suffice it to say that it is probably not in my best interest.

speaking of deer season in the north woods, this time of year always makes me chuckle.
it's the only time of year when all the artisan beer and wine is tucked away, instead replaced with prominent displays of kessler, stacked 8 feet high, and mountains of miller light.
cheap liquor proudly crowding the windows, presumably and obviously targeting hunters...luring them in with the seasons finest...whispering ,"yes good sir, stock up on plastic, industrial sized bottles of whiskey before venturing into the forest with a loaded rifle!"
ah, wisconsin, you silly state, you...


actually, these almost wintry days  really gets me going. it's some of my absolute favorite bits of the seasons.
anticipating snow, planning gatherings, hopping from holiday to holiday, indulging in absurd amounts of food... it seems to me to be a time when people really make an effort....no matter what they are doing, do do it well.
and everything is pretty. even if there were no such thing as holidays this is an absolutely gorgeous sliver of time. maybe it's just because nearly a month of drab brown and gray is suddenly tucked away under a sparkling spotless blanket, neat and tidy.

and that's all  i'm waiting for, right now.