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Let It Snow

Today, during my morning walk, I saw the first snow of the season. In my neck of the woods, it actually is later than usual this year, and these first few flakes will not amount to anything. However, just about 45 minutes north of here, there are Winter Weather Advisories in which up to five inches of snow is anticipated. The snow, especially up North, will be gladly received by the deer hunters, and deer camps will be a much more jovial and excited place next week at the start of the rifle season.

A goal I have this winter is to be more accepting of the cold, and to become more acclimated to the cold earlier in the season. During the last few years, I have not been overly active out-of-doors in the winter, and the lack of activity became self-perpetuating in that the less I did, lead to the less I wanted to do and I would feel almost locked into being a captive indoors. A myriad of reasons went into this change... family issues, my mother's health, and others. But, I am attempting to embrace the winter more fulling again this season. I want to reach a point where I do not just slough through the day, running from building to building.... I want to embrace being a "winter creature" in a Northern climate. I want to move around out-of-doors... walking, playing, and enjoying this very beautiful, and very cold season.

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