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I was listening to WWJ’s “On this Day in History” feature, where it was reported that on this date in 1968 Peggy Fleming was awarded a gold medal in figure skating. That factoid sure took me back a few years. … Continue reading →

There were days, not so very long ago, that I was out the door at the sun’s first rays, tripping down to Council Point Park to enjoy this little gem tucked away in the middle of the city. I really … Continue reading →

I am sure the above picture has made the rounds to everyone’s inbox each Winter since we starting accessing the Internet. Throughout the month of January, it seemed every meteorologist told listeners that people under forty years of age had … Continue reading →

Mother Nature is adding another snow event notch to her belt as we all sigh heavily and cluck our collective tongues at her. As I starting writing this post, with the news on in the background, the first flakes arrived … Continue reading →

Grrrr to the grumpy groundhog who has a day named after him. We Midwesterners collectively watched and waited with bated breath to get the scoop on Phil’s prognostication about our weather for the next six weeks. Well, Phil dashed our … Continue reading →

Okay, it’s finally February, so how do we zip through the shortest month of the year rather than trudging like zombies through ever-present snow and slush, all the while shivering in our boots? Well for starters, the Groundhog’s prediction tomorrow … Continue reading →

Well, it has been an unforgettable January 2014, and a January we’d really like to forget. We were in and out of the Deep Freeze and it has been snowing like there was no tomorrow. We were colder than Anchorage, … Continue reading →

The cold is getting old and now the snow is on the way once more– a triple whammy of snow events over the next week will sock it to us again. Snow way! Of course we feel this Winter of … Continue reading →

Once again it took longer to suit up in preparation for the trip outside than the actual venture. As I stepped out the door this morning that cold air hit me like a ton of bricks. Even though I had … Continue reading →

Well, brrrr and grrrr. I was outside on this frosty morn running the car and checking around the house and was miffed to find the drain spout plugged up with ice again. I’ll sit out the week before taking further … Continue reading →