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One of my cousins maintains that one can be a
philosopher without being a cow farmer, but one cannot be a cow farmer without
being a philosopher. Likewise one cannot live in New England without being
a weather philosopher. As the area is relatively free of the danger of
major earthquakes, landslides, floods,and forest fire I see winter as our annual
scheduled disaster. We know that at some point there will be a lot of
cold, ice, rain , snow and downright miserable weather we just don't know
when. Growing up with a love of skiing and my parents land surrounded by a
state forest with trails, logging roads and unplowed secondary roads
it was my favorite season as long as the snow was suitable. In less
than 2 weeks we have had our biggest snow since '78,a lot of beatiful sunny
days, winter rains, and the coldest 48 hours of the winter over the weekend,
but Tuesday afternoon I was on my porch in a t shirt (albeit wrapped in
ablanket) watching the afternoon sun and thinking about the hundreds
of hours of outdoor projects I was quite unable to do with over 2 feet of
snow on the ground. One is forced into rest, reflection, and
recharging and watching the trees which too with life-force in reserve are
waiting for the time to resume action.
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- [ecopath] Winter jeff owens
- John Van Hazinga
