I Am This Woman

Drifts at sunset, originally uploaded by Andrea_R.

I am lucky to have friends in far-flung places, where it gets cold and snowy and windy. They step outside and snap photos, this one from Andrea in New Brunswick. I get to see them from the warmth of my office, in my robe and slippers, coffee brewing. No layers, no chapstick, no lost mittens.

Part of me wants to be impervious to cold, wind, snow and ice. I want to dance on the rim of this little snow canyon and howl at the moon. But I have evolved and adapted to wear a robe and slippers, not a wolf’s fur, and I use my paws to type very fast (and sometimes accurately!) rather than digging, clawing or prancing through the woods.

And since I like guacamole, shrimp and chocolate cookies, rather than snowshoe hare sushi or pack-hunted whitetail, I think the wolf and I have made a pretty good deal with evolution.