The bite of cold iron

[asakiyume]

It's cold out today. I grabbed my car key in my bare hand after driving a brief way in the cold car, and it *stung* my hand. I felt like I'd been bitten or burned--I guess because the key was so cold? But I've never felt cold metal like that before. Maybe I always have gloves or mittens on? But suddenly I understood exactly what it must be like to be one of the fairy folk and touch cold iron.

Comments

[sovay]

But suddenly I understood exactly what it must be like to be one of the fairy folk and touch cold iron.

Maybe it comes out in you in season. The proximity of the solstice, perhaps.

[asakiyume]

And all these years I thought I was wearing mittens just to stay warm....

[nineweaving]

That touch of cold iron gave me a shiver of awe.

I am suddenly imagining the fey among us, in gloves year round.

Nine

[asakiyume]

I'm imagining the stories now!

[marycatelli]

The rare perfection where the car can cool the keys down before getting warmed up itself.

[asakiyume]

Yes! Like when, on a hot summer day, you open up a box of crackers you bought in an air-conditioned store, and you feel cool air inside the box.

[marycatelli]

I still remember the day when I bought soda and brought it outside and water started to condense on it.

I had bought it from the shelf, not the cooler.

[amaebi]

Ooooooh.

[asakiyume]

:-)

[queenoftheskies]

That must be very cold.

[asakiyume]

I can't remember feeling anything like it before.

[gale_storm]

Some sorta light electric zap? If electricity could condense in the same way as liquids...

[asakiyume]

I think the electricity freezes in the wires on days like yesterday and today.

[athenais]

I remember stepping out of a car in Milwaukee and standing around waiting to get into the restaurant we were all at, a cold February day, and thinking, "Why do my ears hurt? This is so painful and weird!" I was wearing metal earrings. So yes, it sure does happen.

[asakiyume]

Yeah, I had to take off my metal-rimmed glasses when I was out for a walk today...

[ivy]

I've had that experience too! When it gets cold enough, jewelry is AWFUL.