Meditations in an Emergency

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Meditations in an Emergency
The cold

The cold

Wisdom comes with winters, or not

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Nov 27, 2021
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The cold
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To describe the experience of cold is oddly difficult. Cold is subjective. If I’d never felt cold before, how would it feel? A tingling sensation, a little nerve-wracking. A biting brightness under skin, a gradual burning. Something that makes you want to move.

I am a cold person, cold inside, a person of the cold. The thought of being outdoors, night de…

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