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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> I hope you are all doing well this winter, spring is just a 'few' weeks 
> away.
A "few" weeks is still a long way away here. It hasn't been any colder or 
more snowy here than usual, but it seems worse. It's one of those years 
where winter started early and we didn't get the break of warm weather in 
December like we often do. My wood stove has been running flat out since 
early October.

We also got the bitter cold and the snow all at the same time. In recent 
years, the snow would melt a bit before it snowed again, but this year it 
just keeps piling up. Trudging through a foot of snow when it's around zero 
degrees takes it out of you fast. Any little chore seems huge...I wear so 
many layers that bending my arms takes effort. It took me an hour of fooling 
around to get the tractor started, and I finally had to jump it. The worst 
of the cold has passed, at least for now. Maple syrup season is coming up 
soon, so mud season can't be too far away!

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA