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We Wear Grass Skirts in Winter
or, I’ll Huff, and I’ll Puff, and I’ll Blow Your House Down Winter is here, and frankly, we were late in being ready for it. However, now we’re in good shape. Better than good. The plumbing and pipes have been … Continue reading
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City Sidewalks, Busy Sidewalks
One of the first things I noticed about Saranac Lake in the Winter was those nifty little sidewalk snow plows they have. A little mini plow the width of the sidewalk. Never saw such a thing. In the city, each … Continue reading
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Advice from the Wilders
Twelve hour power outage yesterday. The electricity went out at about one in the afternoon, coming back on at about one in the morning. Odd thing being, it took me a while to notice it. With the battery backup and … Continue reading
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Jack Frost’s Underlings
It’s the time of the year when those of us that live in one countrified way or another start doing the tough stuff. But I really shouldn’t put it that way, because most of us kind of like it. At … Continue reading
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Starting ‘Em Early in the Adirondacks
It snowed this morning. A little. I don’t mind. It was melted and gone by afternoon, and I still went outside to do early Spring things. I shoveled some extra crushed stone I had sitting around into the wheelbarrow and … Continue reading
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Express Train to Wonkyville
Hey, friends! I hope you’ll pardon the incoherence of this post, if indeed it needs pardoned. You see, I started my Chantix prescription this morning. I need to quit smoking – for good this time. The stuff has totally got … Continue reading
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Winter Carnival Short List
It’s the bigger of the two big weekends, Friends. Below is my short list from the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival schedule. For my purposes, I find I am accidentally sticking with the cheap, free, and donations events – curiously the … Continue reading
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PractICE
Hey, Friends! Busy Carnival week! You know, I thought I understood Winter Carnival before, and I guess I did to a degree. Sort of. But not wholly. Carnival was founded in Saranac Lake in the late 1880s, to help relieve … Continue reading
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Ice Palace Lighting and Fireworks 2010!
I’m your man on the scene, Friends! Rushed right back here to get the video put together and posted. We had an awesome time at the Ice Palace lighting and fireworks – ran into many friends, watched the spectacle, toured … Continue reading
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The Big Melt
Well, friends, I do fear for the fate of the half-built Saranac Lake Ice Palace. TourPro suggested they cover it with giant tarps. I don’t think that’s such a bad idea. For all I know, they have. Haven’t been into … Continue reading
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