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Sunday Letter: 02.06.22

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Sunday Letter

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

Good morning to you! With coffee in hand, I’m ready to tackle another week. How about you?

Last week was a good one for several reasons.

First of all, we had a fabulous snowfall in Fayetteville. Everything unfolded just as our local weather guy predicted, starting with freezing rain on Wednesday afternoon which quickly changed to sleet. While we slept, the snow began falling in earnest. We woke to a quiet magical world with several inches. Then, the snow continued to fall the entire day into night.

For our area, it was a lot of snow.Continue Reading

Sunday Letter: 02.21.2021

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Sunday Letter 02.21.2021

Dear Sunday Letter friends,

What a week, right? Lots of snow across the country, the entire state of Arkansas buried under record snowfall amounts. Many of my friends and family in Texas have been without power and water for days.

I swear I only wanted enough to fill my snow cream bowl.

Five things I discovered since last week’s Sunday Letter:

  1. my fascination with snow greatly diminishes after four inches and/or four days;
  2. -20˚ is stupid cold;
  3. the forecasting skills of the groundhog are highly underrated;
  4. Texas isn’t quite ready to secede from the Union; and,
  5. in January when you order Girl Scout cookies, you should ALWAYS triple your order just in case.Continue Reading

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