Let it Snow!

Let it Snow!

Readers of Killingtonblog over the almost 10 years of it's existence can descern patterns in my writing to reflect where we are in life at any given time during the course of the year.

When the little moments in life take a left turn, my go to phrase is from Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughter House Five": "So it Goes".

Of course, Vonnegut is also incorrectly attributed across the internet for the phrase I use to close the blog in the summer; "Don't forget your sunscreen". It is actually a paraphrase from a 1997 Chicago Tribune column from Mary Schmich "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young." Of course it is so Vonnegonian that the legend still persists rampantly on the web to this day.

Speaking of the young, let's not forget the great Brittish science fiction series "Doctor Who". In Season 12, the Fourth Doctor played by Tom Baker tells his then female companion Sarah Jane: "There's no point in being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes." Words that all of us of a certain age should remember and act upon regularly as we careen through life.

Another one of the phases I use on occasion is from the great Douglas Adam's Trilogy (of 4 books) the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" : "Don't Panic". When you live at a resort that is in many regards dominated by the weather, this is a good phrase to keep in mind.

Which leads me to the phrase that I usually close the blog with for the winter season, so appropriate for today. As cold weather descends upon Killington as we head into the new year, the only phrase that matters is a simple one from a song written by Lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in 1945...

Let it snow!