Marcia Selsor on mon 11 jan 10
I miss the Montana winters and the minus zero from Jan. 1 to mid- Feb. =3D
This tropical living in SOuth Texas makes me forget what time of year it =
=3D
is.=3D20
We had a good wood and pellet stoves at the studio. I collected hard =3D
wood from a cabinet maker. Could also make nice little tools from the =3D
scraps. I use to use coal in my little house in Huntley. We could back =3D
up the pickup to a conveyor belt and get coal right out of the mine. =3D
Wood was not as abundant in the area. I miss Yellowstone Park in the =3D
Winter and swimming in the hot springs while your hair grows icicles and =
=3D
you sit and watch the bison..
I missed the squeaky sound of "dry" snow in the bitter cold and the car =3D
seats cracking when it is minus 30. And let's not forget headbolt =3D
heaters to keep your car engine from freezing. I was only snowed in once =
=3D
in 25 years of teaching. About 1990, the university stayed open when it =3D
was minus 30 because they would otherwise forfeit a basketball game to =3D
Alaska. I did learn how to solder pipes after they froze. Montana is a =3D
lesson in survival and self-reliance. I really do miss it.
Marcia Selsor
http://www.marciaselsor.com
Jess McKenzie on mon 11 jan 10
Lordy, Marcia. I've been sending you suggestions for
TX restaurants and Shiner Beer, when you could have
been giving them to me! My apologies, you lucky
thing. What county?
BTW, we miss Fairbanks, especially in winter.
...Except for that one afternoon when the UAF bean
counter turned off the power to the parking lot car
heaters to save money. The temp that day was -40 F.
He didn't get an 'atta-boy,' he damned near got
lynched.
BTW, Joan and I spent our honeymoon one March at
Circle Hot Springs. Air temp in the pool area was
was about -35. I almost won the best hair-do
contest.
Raku firing at -20? How'd you handle the propane?
~jess (who's grandson, Ian McKenzie, swims for N
Dakota U)
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I miss the Montana winters and the minus zero from
Jan. 1 to mid- Feb.
This tropical living in SOuth Texas makes me forget
what time of year
it is. We had a good wood and pellet stoves at the
studio. I collected
hard wood from a cabinet maker. Could also make nice
little tools from
the scraps. I use to use coal in my little house in
Huntley. We could
back up the pickup to a conveyor belt and get coal
right out of the
mine. Wood was not as abundant in the area. I miss
Yellowstone Park in
the Winter and swimming in the hot springs while your
hair grows
icicles and you sit and watch the bison.. I missed
the squeaky sound
of "dry" snow in the bitter cold and the car seats
cracking when it
is minus 30. And let's not forget headbolt heaters
to keep your car
engine from freezing. I was only snowed in once in 25
years of
teaching. About 1990, the university stayed open when
it was minus 30
because they would otherwise forfeit a basketball
game to Alaska. I
did learn how to solder pipes after they froze.
Montana is a lesson in
survival and self-reliance. I really do miss it.
Marcia Selsor
http://www.marciaselsor.com
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