Tim: After quoting a perfectly poetic passage in JJ (proof positive that the man was actually <Canadian>--since only the Swedes, the Norwegians and the Russians could ever understand such snowy references.... And NONE of them write in English.....) you asked: > >Have I said this here before, in another year, in another snow? Forgive if >I have.... Who cares? And PLEASE don't ask forgiveness!!! I think I'm beginning to understand what Nietzsche was talking about when he tried to describe "eternal recurrence"..... Warm (snowy) regards, Paul OSO-- It's Sally who suggests skating after seeing the Lunts.... It's Phoebe who apparently often skates in Central Park.... Both of Holden's closest female contacts display an innate (almost UN-American) understanding of the warm and welcoming (ie "female") attributes of winter....