It’s a little past 7 a.m. and the bright glow in the eastern sky looks like a promise for a sunny day. The sun is always welcome at this time of the year. The ground is covered with snow again and the temperatures are colder. Finally feels like winter. Saturday morning our thermometer showed 6 [...]
What would you say the colors would be: brown, ochre, gray, white? How would you describe a winter’s day? Would you try to say what that particular day would be or would you refer in your mind to winters past? I’m not real crazy about the gray days of winter but we haven’t had very [...]
By Lovina Eicher For The Madison Press This has been a different winter so far weather-wise. We had another snowstorm during the past week, but then as quickly as it snowed, it warmed back up. Now it rained during the night and the temperature is up to 45. We also had some thunder and [...]
What a strange winter this has been so far. It’s been a real roller coaster. One day last week the temperature plunged from a high of 57 degrees to 21 degrees in eight hours, as a cold front came through central Ohio on its way east. Gray clouds raced across the sky from west to [...]
Energy costs and unanticipated home damages can take a sizable bite out of family budgets as the seasons change. With cooler weather on the horizon, and as energy costs continue to climb, now is the time to take money saving steps that can take the chill out of winter in any climate — and potentially [...]
Winters in the past have always been a dreaded time of the year for me, although as an enthusiastic gardener I realize that it is a time of rest for Mother Nature. She performs so majestically from the very first vibrant hints of spring by producing greening grass and small, tight buds bursting from our [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer Communities all across Ohio are prepared for that big winter snowfall. It just hasn’t happened yet. The blip which occurred a week ago was only enough for two county salt trucks to be out for just a couple of hours, according to county engineer, David Brand. So the county’s [...]
When it’s cold, build a fire in the fireplace, or the wood-burning heater, or maybe just light a candle and look in the flames, look deep in the flames for the answers. I’ve always believed they are there, and this time of year is a time for questions. It is a time to weigh the [...]
