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Slip Sliding Away

The combination of rain and freezing temperatures has made for incredibly dangerous driving over the past few days. Until the sand trucks made their rounds, folks were sliding off the roads and into one another like Little League fielders converging on a … Continue reading

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The Saga of the Frozen Hose (and Other Adventures)

The girls and I took a mini vacation this past week, visiting family in Minneapolis. My brother, Jeff, was playing a gig in St. Paul, and we decided awhile back that we’d show up to surprise him and then stick … Continue reading

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A Late Autumn Snowstorm, Pig Bits, and Frozen Compost

We got about eight inches of snow the other night.  Sometime around 2:15 a.m., I heard the awful sound of howling wind mixed with what could only have been sleet.  Like the chatter of a Tommy gun in a WWII … Continue reading

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