Water

10 PM Saturday night. Temperature 19'F. Water is fluffy weightless snow.
5 AM Sunday morning. Temperature 32'F. Water is heavy slush.
9 AM Sunday morning. Temperature 36'F. Water is rain.
10 AM Sunday morning. Temperature 32'F. Water is wet ice.
10:30 AM Sunday morning. Temperature 25'F. Water is hard black ice.

This is the cycle of winter here in the coastal New England. It teaches. It humbles. It threatens. Being a New Englander is formed in part by these cycles. Living with these cycles breeds caution, planning and foresight. If it doesn't, cars crash, limbs are broken and power lines break. It is not mysterious or spiritual. It is Nature, understood by science.