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an ode to winter - by Isabel - Mind Mine

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a love letter to the season that gets the most flak

The Magpie by Claude Monet, 1869 I wrote this piece a little while ago as a note to self to cheer myself up as the notoriously bone-chilling months of winter began to roll in. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to publish it since it’s unlike most of the writing I do, but given the white sheet of snow that just touched down in Toronto, carelessly cancelling flights, closing schools, freezing streets, and being generally unconcerned with the damage it would do to its already harsh and bitter reputation, I thought: why not pop in with a little winter cheer? Hopefully this piece points out a detail or…

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