Comments on: Christmas in February

By: Rivka Jacobs

Rivka Jacobs — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:46:55 +0000

Great story, Bridgeen. A slice of life, yes, but it really resonated with me, regarding the use of the term “wrong kind of snow,” and the way some of those commuters went mad trying to get to work. What would the narrator have done, had her boss been less relaxed about the work/life ratio? The story made me think of those times I’ve had to tell a professor, or boss, *Hey, this street is solid ice and I’m noting risking my life.”

Also, I like your descriptions of the snow, and the world it creates. Excellent use of words.

By: georgelondon

georgelondon — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:15:30 +0000

That hit me too – such a simple and elegant way to set a tone and put us straight into the moment, but reveal nothing. I may steal that line one day.

By: Nina Perez

Nina Perez — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:39:16 +0000

Don’t laugh, but… my favorite part:

“I woke at 6 in the morning, for nothing serious, just a toilet trip.”

And just like that it fell into a very real/easy to relate to narrative.

By: georgelondon

georgelondon — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:21:41 +0000

I really liked this Bridgeen. A slice of life that could have been mine at one point when my ‘work/life balance’ included a lot more work than it has done lately.

Actually, it reminds me a little of that day in July some years ago when my journey in was interrupted by some power issues further down the line, when I too took my work back home, only to discover that if I’d been half an hour earlier I’d have been caught up in the 7/7 maelstrom.

London is like that though; we carry on. We may carry on working or whatever else occupies our days but I like to think we do so largely with our eyes open to the beauty of the snow-day, or the melancholy of a bomb-day. Sometimes it can seem like we pay the world no attention, but I like to think we do.

By: georgelondon

georgelondon — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:13:37 +0000

Them silly Poms, eh?

By: Simon Smithson

Simon Smithson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:39:20 +0000

I remember that ‘wrong snow’ announcement – it made it all the way around the world…