Monthly Archives: February 2011

Waiting for Snow (Again)

On folksinger, Jon McCutcheon’s album John McCutcheon’s Four Seasons: Wintersongs (paid link), there’s a lovely tune called Waiting for Snow. In some ways, that could be our homestead’s unofficial theme song lately. Yesterday afternoon, while I finished up some firewood … Continue reading

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Parka Weather

As usual, shortly after declaring the coming of spring, we’re experiencing a February cold snap. Temperatures have fallen as low as 9°F. High winds drop the wind chill into the -20 range, where frostbite can occur within 10 minutes. The … Continue reading

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