One wintery morning many years ago, a coworker opened a conversation (somewhat excitedly) with this: “Hey, Mitch, have you ever listened to ice melting?”
I stood there blinking for a
few moments. “No, Rodney, I can’t say
that I have.”
“It’s way more awesome than you
might think.”
“I’m sure it is…” I blinked a few more times. “So, what are you talking about?”
Rodney leaned in. “I threw some ice melt on my sidewalk and
then stood there listening. It makes weird
sounds when it melts the ice. You need
to try it sometime.”
“Sure thing, buddy,” I said in
amusement.
Cut now to yesterday afternoon.
No, I didn’t listen to ice
melt. But I did do the next weirdest
thing. I watched ice melting off the
glass in my sunroom. And, yes, I am
going to say this: “Watching ice melt is far more entertaining than you might
think.”
I have posted three photographs
of the melting ice as seen from my sunroom.
—Mitchell Hegman
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