the world is melting.

January 2010. Chatham, Ohio.

Homestead. It's bittercold outside.

When you left a year ago, the phone became static. I thought the snow hitting the windows was rain tapping. (There would be another 3 months of ice.)

February 6, 2010. Athens, Ohio.

"The trees are so heavy with snow but they're still swaying, so slightly. If that's not a metaphor for something, I don't know what is."