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Again, I know it’s a common thread for these later night posts, but the stillness. \u00a0The quiet of a late February night with thigh-high snow in the yard and temperatures headed into the minus teens below zero again. \u00a0It is like living far further north where sometimes the winters bump into the beginning of summer and pick up again before the growing season is over.<\/p>\n
Yes, and I know it’s crazy, but I like it. \u00a0Am I tired of the cold and the snow? \u00a0A bit. \u00a0Would I live somewhere that couldn’t deliver this kind of season? \u00a0No. \u00a0These outliers define us, show the edge of the world toward which we are closest. \u00a0And it’s not Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. \u00a0No, we align with the pole, the north pole. This year we even shared the polar vortex with it.<\/p>\n
I’m hoping we hit #8 on the coldest winters since the Civil War. \u00a0Remember the winter of 2013-2014?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imbolc \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Valentine Moon Again, I know it’s a common thread for these later night posts, but the stillness. \u00a0The quiet of … Continue reading Quiet<\/span>