Friday, October 3, 2003

Firewood 'Tis the season to be frosty....a cold wave has swept down from Canada and it's making everyone in the Northeast think about winter, with uneasy brooding. We had a cold, snowy winter last year, and this year the Old Farmer's Almanac promises that it will be worse: very cold, snowy, and windy. (I hope that your region is warmer!) As we grow.....wiser, the cold weather seems to bother us more. In our days of yore, we trooped through miles of prairie-belt snow to school, and we could skate, sled, or toboggan out doors for hours without coming in to warm up. Tonight the temps will go to 35, and soon we will have frost. The world outside my window is bright green and sunny. The late flowers are all blooming, the song birds are still flitting about, and I'd like to think that we still have Indian summer to come. But I feel a chill in my bones, so this afternoon, I shall chop and split firewood with a vengeance. As the old hymn warns, "Work, for the night is coming." Are you getting ready for winter? Tell us how! 2:08:03 PM    comment []

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