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As I write this I’m watching the latest episode of “Out of the Wild,” a Discovery Channel show about nine volunteers who struggle to survive in the wild, hiking from location to location as they struggle. It’s a show of endurance and human spirit, though there is no prize and no “challenges” to win immunity.…
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Well, the snow has cleared and February temps have rebounded to near-record highs (it was 80 yesterday!). I’ve got the gardening bug, again, though I can’t seem to keep my plants alive. I know that the definition of insanity is to try the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. Well,…
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Snowpacalypse! Snowmageddon! Hide for your lives! We’re all going to be buried alive by sleet! Sleet? Yes, sleet! You sure? It’s gonna kill us! Really? Close the schools! Why the schools? Our children are our future! Aren’t the classrooms heated? But they might get frostbite! Inside heated classrooms? Yes! Isn’t sleet the lightest of the…
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“Snow on the Edge” One could take that title several ways: 1. It refers to the edge of a patch of snow 2. It refers to that period of time right before a snowfall 3. It refers to snow under great stress (“don’t jump!”) 4. It refers to a human under great stress because of…