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I awoke this morning to temperatures outside of five-degrees with a windchill of six-below. This did not bode well for my walk to the bus stop sporting still-damp hair and the cute skirt I was determined to wear. Oh well: crunchy, frozen hair and chilly knees I could handle. Five is really not so bad.

Negative eleven is another story. This is what I’m hearing from reports out of Ohio. Minnesota’s negative twenty-two, on the other hand, is downright prohibitive. I’m not sure how one survives in weather where the windchill is fifty-below. I’d have to invest in a hair dryer.

In weather like this, my mind doesn’t necessarily drift to the Caribbean though, but to places where people are able to stay outside and play in the snow.

I’m jealous of all those skiing and snowboarding right now…despite the fact that I’ve never done either. (I tried cross-country skiing twice and both times was sure the next day that I had forever lost use of my legs.) I am, however, an avid sled rider, snowball fighter, and snowman builder.

When it warms up a bit and the snow starts to fall I will be outside again, face to the sky with my tongue hanging out. If I’m ambitious, I’ll try cross-country again, or maybe even snow shoeing. Until then, however, my most ambitious winter sport will be hunting down the marshmallows in my hot chocolate.

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Llalan specializes in all things Ohio, but has funny stories from all over the US and Canada, plus a few snort-inducing ones from Thailand. And not only does she read books from around the world, she also samples beers in as many languages as possible. Favorite style: the multi-national American Double IPA.

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