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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: 0 F windchill -20/25 F windspeed around 35+
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 20:16:46 -0500 (EST)
0 F windchill -20/25 F windspeed around 35+ http://www.alansondheim.org/noreaster02.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/noreaster06.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/noreaster07.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/noreaster09.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/noreaster10.jpg Last night Azure and I went for a walk at 2 a.m. when the streets were empty and the storm was at its height. I couldn't wear gloves when using the camera and was screaming in pain; meanwhile the camera began to give out and when we went in again, it took over an hour to thaw. So what is of interest to me in these images is their representation of pain against the valleys of blank and white; they were obtained of course under duress which makes them at least of limited interest. My hands went through several transformations when we returned; at one point all the joints were aching terribly. The snow was incredibly dry, the wind howling, although you wouldn't know it from the peacefulness of the images. Now I know how the Europeans living through the Little Ice Age felt, but they didn't have steam heat at the end of the day.
