"A Winter Wind" by Doug Newman (c) 1986 Sandthistle Music

I wrote this back when I was living in a rooming house in Minneapolis in

the dead of Winter- I think it was late January, in '86. I remember the

freezing wind blowing against the frost covered window so that if you held

up your hand close to it you could feel the cold. It was a wind that lightly

howled through the trees and up against the house making it and the

windows lightly creak, and sure made you appreciate having even a small

room in a rooming house as long as it was warm. Seems like so long ago

and far off now. I guess I could spend some time back there now, but just

to vacation to experience the cold and winter wouldn't be the same as

living there all winter long- that's the way to really experience it!

This photo's not from Minnesota- it's from Colorado that I took during a

family reunion there.