Entries Tagged as 'rural life'
It’s -19 degrees on the farm this morning and the weatherman says if this pattern holds through the rest of the month, this will be the second-coldest February on record in the Albany area. Worse than the cold, a ferocious wind blew yesterday, gusting at times up to 50 mph. Along with a fresh six […]
[Read more →]
Tags:snow·wind·winter
When we found what would become our new farm one of the first things we noticed was that the primary form of heat was a wood stove. Oh, there was an oil furnace in the basement, but that was just for emergencies. It wasn’t ducted to the rest of the house. So while the basement […]
[Read more →]
Tags:firewood·heat·winter
Most winter mornings begin very much the same: start the truck, scrape snow and frost off the truck, drive daughter to the bottom of the driveway in the truck to wait for the school bus. Recently, there was a twist. When I stepped on the brakes, there was hardly anything there. I tried again: My […]
[Read more →]
Tags:truck·walking·winter