[Magdalen] Glue that Holds.

[Charles Wohlers]

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From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 10:39 AM
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Subject: [Magdalen] Glue that Holds.


My father (1880-1958) used to describe a number of phenomena
with the phrase (-----) is the glue that holds (-----) together.  He  would
apply it to the week or two this time of the year when temperatures  hover
at their lowest ebb.  That appears to be the case here in NE   Pennsylvania
USA right now and the week is thus the glue that holds the rest  of the year
together.  This weather has very little other merit.  It will be  around
zero F.
here this evening.  I'm happy I don't have to get out in it.

I suppose there is one redeeming feature about the weather:  it's  always
colder somewhere else.  For example, the USDA Climate Zone 3b  north
of Minneapolis in Wisconsin and Minnesota - my ancestral home -
usually has two weeks of 24 hour totally below zero F, during which  there
are often real temperatures of -30F or colder.

I don't miss that!



Even here in northern Vermont it doesn't get that cold - we're zone 4. 
Howsomever, it is predicted to get down to -21 tonight, which is close to as 
cold as it gets all winter. Even back in Mass., the predicted low is -3, 
which is really cold for there - most years it never gets below zero. 
Prayers that the furnace down there (steam heat) will hold out and I don't 
get a call from the freeze alarm, along with possible frozen pipes, etc.

Hope y'all keep warm!

Chad Wohlers
huddled by the woodstove in snowy
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com