![]() ![]() ![]() “Blankets”, a graphic novel by Craig Thomson, perfectly captures the harsh but surprising compassion present in Midwestern winters. However, these harsh winters bring about some of the most intimate opportunities between a family, friends, or a couple: long days inside baking for the holidays, marshmallows floating in hot chocolate, the ever appealing escape of a movie marathon while being cocooned in a pile of blankets. ![]() It’s a time to stay indoors, which can lead to feelings of entrapment and lack of energy. Snowstorms, congested roads and sidewalks, and electric blackouts are common and expected. Even as Indian summer days populate the autumns of this area of the United States, it is still possible to catch a crisp breeze in the evenings, and the continuous approach of earlier sunsets remind us that soon enough the coldest season of the year will be upon us. Midwestern winters are a force to be reckoned with. ![]()
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