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Christmas Pizza

December 24th, 2015 · No Comments · dinner

I may take the crown for best popcorn, but my wife is queen of pizza. Here she is starting a new home-tradition for Christmas Eve eve. Her secret is in the details. She starts the dough rising early in the day, then gets the oven good and hot: 500 degrees Fahrenheit. We keep a pizza […]

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News from Up North

December 22nd, 2013 · No Comments · News from Up North, rural life

Here’s another sign we’re not in D.C. any more: snow tires. And not just any snow tires. These have metal studs. We had our driveway plowed after the big snow storm passed through here a week ago. Eventually, parts of the driveway were practically ice, and being on a steep incline in spots there was […]

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News from Up North

December 8th, 2013 · No Comments · News from Up North, rural life

We are preparing to get slammed with another blast of snow, sleet, freezing rain. But we are also celebrating the installation of new storm doors as temperatures are forecast to plunge near O degrees Fahrenheit. That’s minus 17.7 degrees Celsius for our European friends. We are stockpiling firewood like mad. Never have we been so […]

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