-3\u00a0 78%\u00a0 27%\u00a0 0mph WNW bar30.16\u00a0 steady\u00a0 windchill-3\u00a0 Winter<\/p>\n
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“Explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatize, or accept another’s dogmatism.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/a><\/p>\n La \u00d1ina, el \u00f1ino’s cooler sister, has forced the jet stream to the south, leaving us without atomspheric protection from the frigid arctic air.\u00a0 There is nothing but water and tundra between us and the North Pole, so when this happens our temperature plummets.\u00a0 It was -9 at 7:00 AM this morning.\u00a0 Though no one who doesn’t share our winter understands it, this is the weather that defines us as Minnesotans and most of us look forward to it.\u00a0 It requires coping skills passed on from generation to generation and from natives to newcomers.\u00a0 In the old days we brought our car batteries inside, bought engine block heaters.\u00a0 Now we buy wicking thermal underwear, Mad Bomber hats, Sorel boots and put our cars in garages if we can.\u00a0 When I moved to Minnesota in 1970, the seminary housing had electrical outlets in front of each parking spot in the student residence parking lot.\u00a0 I thought, oh, my.<\/p>\n The snow cover has faded, though it’s still there. If we don’t get more snow, I’m going to have to lay down\u00a0straw in a few spots, though the areas I had concerns about, mostly the newly planted garlic bed, already have their mulch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" -3\u00a0 78%\u00a0 27%\u00a0 0mph WNW bar30.16\u00a0 steady\u00a0 windchill-3\u00a0 Winter \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 First Quarter of the Winter Moon “Explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatize, or accept another’s dogmatism.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson La \u00d1ina, el \u00f1ino’s cooler sister, has forced the jet stream to the south, … Continue reading Put on the Mad Bomber, Baby. It’s Cold Outside.<\/span>