Retreat? Maybe later
The walk from my work at the library to Dunkin’ Donuts takes me past The Retreat. Sometimes the cold makes me want to beat feet to my desk, but onward I go for that cup o’ Joe.
There’s a front street for work walks, too
I don’t always walk the back way toward the lake when I take a morning or afternoon break from my job at the library. No, sometimes I journey on the front side, toward Dunkin‘ Donuts. It’s a cold and snowy place, too.
A lake lies in wait
If you dare make your way down the street, over the snow pile, across the icy lawn and to the dock, there is a reward to be found on an afternoon break walk from the library desk. Onondaga Lake at its wintry best awaits past the silent docks. Icy, yes. Beautiful, most definitely.
The color of winter
White snow, gray skies, ice a mix of slate. You’d think that an afternoon break walk from the desk at the library could bring nothing but a stark picture of the season. Even without the sun or a blue sky, you’d be wrong. A ribbon of glory awaits where the sky and land kiss and…
The snow, she piles up
Even if one should decide to venture down for a look at Onondaga Lake during the afternoon break from one’s desk at the library, well … Snow this winter has piled up at the Tulip Street walk-in. And melted. And piled up again. The stack looks high from the lake side, too. Wait! Doesn’t that…
I can’t dead-end my break walks forever
It’s been cold this January. Too cold to take a walk during my afternoon break from the job at the library, do you think? With Onondaga Lake and its wintry sights right down that hill? We all need our outlets, I say.
Mark Bialczak 