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Cold Hardening

Posted by on 02 Nov 2009 at 4:37 pm under Weather

by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 1996. All rights reserved.
Hard frost again last night. My footsteps leave dark impressions on the ground. The breath of the cows rises in clouds as they huddle together like football players at Soldier Field on a December Sunday.
Fewer grasshoppers now, I notice. They used to scatter through the wheat stubble [...]

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The Dog Days of Summer

Posted by on 29 Jul 2009 at 3:58 am under Country Living, Self-Reliance, Tools, Weather

by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 1997. All rights reserved.

These are the dog days of summer, a time of year when creeks run dry, the air stands still and the sun beats down relentlessly, day after day, or so it seems.
These are the days when we rediscover shade, pools, and the contents of our freezers. Cooling [...]

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Keeping a Tornado Watch

Posted by on 20 Jun 2009 at 8:26 am under Weather

by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 1996. All rights reserved.

This time of year I look for thunderstorms, big boomers with rolling black clouds and great flashes of lightning. I want the kind of storm that sends down sheets of rain, gully-washers, and creates worrisome winds that uproot trees and down power lines.
I wait for the [...]

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