The thermometer registers one degree! One!! I have a feeling that, just before sunrise, it may dip below zero. Probably two or three inches of snow lie on the ground. This is Cold Weather. The Snowy Owl has been spotted in Florida and people in Canada are experiencing frost quakes. What a winter! And, by […]
Jan 5, 2014
Polar What?
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It isn’t often that we in Northwest Arkansas get a visitor from the North Pole, well, except. of course,for Santa Claus. So far as I know, it is arriving uninvited and it is not a quiet type but makes itself known in a big way. The meteorologists are calling it a Polar Vortex. It is […]
Dec 31, 2013
Auld Lang Syne
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The close of another year, the anticipation of a new year, remembering and hoping, all these things rolled into New Year’s Eve. For many, today will be a time for looking back, thinking of some milestone or marker in the past year. If you have bad memories of the past year, I hope they will […]
Dec 30, 2013
The Toad’s Tale
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The hot Folgers in my favorite blue mug is most welcome this morning. The temperature is nineteen degrees! No snow to mask the stark cold, just plain frigid, freeze your toenails weather! Not my favorite thing, but like a child with her security blanket, I light the fireplace, brew a pot of coffee, and turn […]
Dec 29, 2013
Sauntering Into Sunday
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My deck is wet so evidently sometime during the night, a spate of rain fell. The temperature is well above freezing but the weatherman says the day will get colder. I wonder if there’s a chance for a snow flurry? Yesterday morning when I glanced out, the way the sky looked, the clouds, the soft […]
Dec 28, 2013
Where Does Christmas Go?
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My living room has grown! Actually, it does seem bigger but the reason is that the Christmas tree is gone. Yesterday, I packed up and put away tree, ornaments, arrangements, Christmas gourds, and all the little electronic gadgets that play Christmas carols. I realize that many people leave everything up ’til January 6, celebrated by many as […]
