I want to say that I have lived in Upstate New York for ten years now, but there is some debate among New Yorkers as to where exactly Upstate begins. I suppose it is more accurate to just say that I live in the Hudson Valley of New York. Seasons have been an integral part of my life in the decade since I moved here from Southern California. They went from novelty, to ruling my life, to minor inconvenience… but somehow always pure joy. Until I moved here, I thought that the on