THE SHARK'S FEELING FOR SNOW

A couple of days ago, in bright blue-sky sunshine, I went out in a t shirt.

Now the weather has come all at once and even New York is a little shocked. The second biggest snowfall since records began. And still falling.

Lying in bed last night facing the window, Egyptian print curtain-substitute tied up to reveal the most extraordinary shadows and lights. Thunderstorm and snowstorm at one and the same time. How freakin' crazy is that?! Lightning barely cutting through the snow, which was coming down not in flakes, but in sheets.

And now in midtown Manhattan, cars abandoned in cross streets and snow ploughs swerve into sidewalks. Children and I frolic in joyful abandonment as all systems break down and everyone turns to plan b.