Today, I took my bike out to ride around the block for fun, slipped twice and fell off on the street, made people laugh and it was all entertaining and enjoyable. It feels great to bike in a foot of snow, but be careful: if you're going to do it, lower the seat just enough to keep your balance. You also need to have mud or studded tires to prevent sliding. Heaps of snow is going to blanket the entire East Coast of the United States tonight. It has been snowing since Tuesday morning with a slightly frigid chill that is sweeping across the Northeast. Tomorrow, a bitter cold is expected to follow after the sky satiates itself from shedding its frozen tears on to earth. Today, I was feeling nostalgic for those snowy days in the most remote village in central Afghanistan. The snowstorm of today reminded me of the heavy snowfall, up to 3 and sometimes 4 feet of snow, in my village. I recall the winters when the slow, steady snow sometimes lasted five days. I recall the winter...
sporadic thoughts and reflections of an anthropology phd student