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LOST IN THE SNOWSTORM

            The winter of ’86…….SNOW BLOW…SNOW BLOW!  That’s the way winters in Ohio usually pan out. We have been very blessed the last two years with mild winters….Don’t get used to it….You know Ohio….Just say’n. LOLOL!          Our boys were  11/9/2. The 2 oldest ones had their routine when they got home from school. Here was their regimen: snack/playtime/tv/homework/dinner/chores. However, if you know about kids on the farm, chores and playtime coincide.     After the Blizzard of’78, everyone was aware of the following: one could easily get…

SENIOR YEAR SNOWSTORM

           It was President’s Day 2003. A huge snowstorm blew  in and dropped about 6 inches of white fluff.  School was already cancelled for the following day.      Country kids drive 4 wheel drive trucks etc. Therefore,  10 of my son’s senior friends showed up about 6 pm.    Our entire barn lot was transformed into a huge snow-fort. Farmer Thomas took the big loader on the tractor, took all of the snow from the barn lot and scooped it into mountains of snow encircling a campfire.     The kids created their own universe with tunnels, slides, snowmen, ice bricks, and…