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Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.
~ Edith Sitwell
The storms that blow in from the Dakotas this time of year will often hit a high pressure cell and dissipate north, or slide south, losing energy... But if that cell is not there, the storm can march in like an angry, unopposed army....
Almost unopposed.
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... and as the hot cocoa is being served, dad steps out for one last view of the
warm house, from the woods...
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... and comes back to find someone else wanting one final taste.
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