Behind Aspen’s international skiing luster lies a deep, competitive hockey culture that makes for a tough beer league. A drive to win the bragging rights to the battered Pell Cup turns architects, bartenders, contractors, lawyers, teachers, ski bums, and friends into fierce, fist-throwing rivals…former pros, Division I college players, and old goats—or, more accurately, has-beens […]
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Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]
When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]
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Here in Florida it is going down to 24°. All schools are closed.
Here in central OK we have warmed up to 7 degrees F. There’s around 8 inches of snow on the ground with another 6-8 predicted on Wednesday. Wind chills are brutal at 15-20 degrees minus zero F. The power grid people just backed off their plan for rolling black outs. Still possible though.
Sounds like my years living in Buffalo, New York.
Sure hope you don’t have rolling blackouts.
We’re good for tonight. I just updated my post with a letter from the power grid people.
Whew!