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Where’s The Snow

While up in the Chicago area over the weekend, there was a lot of cold air but no snow fell.  But wait, they had a very snowy December, about 24″ of snow, so I heard and can believe.  Why? Well the snow plows piled up the snow and even though there was no snow on the [...]


Christmas Lights Are Done

Say what?  Yes, this past Sunday I put the finishing touches on my outdoor Christmas lights.  My daughter wanted more lights, so I gave in and added two hundred more lights to a little bush near the garage.
I started putting lights outside on December 1st and honestly haven’t done much after one week.  I put [...]


Favorite Christmas Specials

I know that they get played every year at this time and they might seem to get old; but I still look forward to watching Christmas specials.  Obviously the one’s that I remember as a child are the best.  So if I had to list my three favorite specials they would be:
By far and away: #1) A [...]


Smile In The Sky

Well I saw it and didn’t realize it. Last evening while wheeling out my garbage, I noticed the first crescent moon and a couple of bright stars in the the sky. I thought how nice, but then started thinking about the clear skies and how that might effect the weather. Oh well, once a meteorologist [...]


November Blizzard Versus Our 70s

As we bask in record warmth today with highs in the mid to upper 70s, I still look at the calendar and realize it is November, so there has got to be someplace paying for our warmth.
I found it in North & South Dakota, where a blizzard has produced  20 to 40 mph winds, drifting snow [...]