{"id":5236,"date":"2010-01-23T12:05:12","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T18:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=5236"},"modified":"2016-05-16T10:19:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T16:19:56","slug":"rain-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=5236","title":{"rendered":"Rain? In January?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winter\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Cold Moon<\/p>\n

These are the ten coldest days of the year on average.\u00a0 And we have rain.\u00a0 Whass’ up?<\/p>\n

A full day back from the Mile High City, where it was spring, and I return to sloppy, icy gunk.\u00a0 This is the stuff I moved out of Indiana to avoid.\u00a0 I like winter when it’s winter.\u00a0 I like fall when it’s fall.\u00a0 Spring and summer I’m not fussy about, let’em come however the winds dictate, but winter and fall, my two favorite seasons, I prefer as I imagine them.\u00a0 Rain in the third week of January is not as I imagine it.\u00a0 But, of course, the weather gods do not listen to me, or to you for that matter, so we have to just shut up and take it.\u00a0 I guess.<\/p>\n

(Freyr:\u00a0 Norse god of fertility and weather)<\/p>\n

I mentioned Ruth several times over the last week.\u00a0 Here is a picture of her at the rodeo:<\/p>\n

\"ruthrodeo\"<\/p>\n

Mostly back home now, better rested and ready to write and watch the Vikings on Sunday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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