Wimps and Whimsy

Dang, we are SPOILED.  Back in the day, people had to ride out in an open-top carriage to visit friends, with only a blanket ('and their love') to keep them warm.  Now we can cruise over in a nice heated car.  Or, better yet, sit at home and poke them on facebook.

I very well might have been the one staying home by the fire, letting the friends visit ME.

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Only in an era where folks can roll down the block to the local grocery store parking lot to pick up a tree does the image of a poor guy hauling a tree through the snow evoke nostalgia instead of empathy. 

Note that he was wise enough to pick a rather small tree relative to others out there.