Marion Patch Poll: What’s the First Thing You’ll Do Once Winter Ends?

Winter is so harsh, so cutting, so completely unforgiving that by the end of it, we get used to it, a little like a terrible case of Stockholm syndrome.

Sure, the cold and snow just started, but a few days of frigid temperatures and it already feels like it's been here forever.

But there is an end. We just have to fight that listless feeling, that feeling that tells us we deserve that brush of air in the morning that feels like blow-darts from an Indonesian tribal hunter.

So how do we escape winter’s slings and arrows?

With dreams, dear readers, with dreams.

I'll be exploring the trails along  and , or, more likely, sitting on a bench and reading. I've also been eyeing the porch at , as the porch seems like such a fantasy when the walk from car to my front door is unbearable.

It's fair to say I'll be enjoying the inevitable warm weather in the most passive, inactive way possible.

So partake in this liberating exercise and tell me, which of the following are you going to do first when winter takes the shackles off your wrists?