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Out, Damned Clouds!

January 9th, 2014 · No Comments · rural life, Weather

Ever since we started heating with a wood stove, we’ve become acutely aware of what the weather’s doing, and especially what’s happening with the sun. With a bank of windows on the south side of our house, we can go the entire day without burning any wood at all if the sun is shining, even […]

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Winter, 7:14 a.m.

January 6th, 2014 · No Comments · rural life

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News from Up North

January 5th, 2014 · No Comments · News from Up North, rural life

A little snow won’t keep sheep from the water trough. They make their own tracks. Like most of the country, the story on the farm this week was the weather. We were luckier than some folks. We only got around six inches of new snow. We would have struggled with the foot or more that […]

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