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It’s official: winter has begun.

I’ve been told the white stuff is falling in the Back Mountain. Although I haven’t been out there today, I believe it. Other places in higher elevations including Mountain Top got lots of heavy, wet snow. It’s said that Bear Creek received about eight inches of snow. Thankfully, we’re only getting rain in Wilkes-Barre.

Maybe Mother Nature drank too much last night and forgot what time of year it is, but the last time I checked, it’s still October. And yet, it’s already snowing in northeast Pennsylvania.

As a lifelong resident of the area, I’m certainly used to the cold and snow. But I can’t ever remember it snowing more than a quick flurry in October, except for “that one” Halloween.

“That one” Halloween was Oct. 31, 1993. I won’t tell you how old I was, but I was young enough to go Trick-or-Treating. If you asked me what I was supposed to be in front of my parents, it was a dancer. But if you asked me on the side, I would have told you I was a babe. I was wearing a sleeveless red and gold sequined costume from a dance recital in June. My mother made me put a white turtleneck underneath the costume and I felt that it ruined it. I would soon find out why she insisted I wear it.

It was chilly but bearable for our parade around my elementary school during the early afternoon. But by the time I finished eating dinner and had my plastic pumpkin in hand to go collecting candy, it was freezing!

My sister and I went Trick-or-Treating with our parents and didn’t last very long. The wind was whipping and snowflakes were beginning to fall. We went inside and ate the little candy we received while watching the weather from the window. My brother came home from Trick-or-Treating with his friends about two hours later and as I remember it, the snow was sticking and accumulating.

Earlier in the year was the Blizzard of 93, or as I like to say, the blizzard that ruined my birthday. The storm caused my roller skating party to be cancelled and rescheduled for two weeks later. I was not happy.

I hope an early bout with winter doesn’t mean we’re destined to an extremely cold, snowy and miserable next couple of months. Even though I don’t like winter, if you have weather photos of today’s snow that you’d like to share on our Web site, send them to rbria@timesleader.com. Stay warm!

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