i see a cold front rising

Clear blue sky this morning, right up until I passed under the bridge to Tysons. At that point I could see the purple-grey cold front lined up like a mountain range.

It made me homesick.

I joke that the only things I miss about Blacksburg are Zeppoli's, Long Shop, and Spiel. Really, what I miss are the mountains, in ways I can't describe because I only consciously miss them when I'm someplace where they are. It's not even like something I'm missing, it's just a blind spot. My brain skips over it and there's just this nagging sense that the horizon really oughtn't be that low.

Ice tonight, and snow tomorrow. It's good to have a winter again.