“Most winters begin with curtailed introductions. You watch the autumnal colors steadily fade. Evenings swallow the afternoons. A wicked sharpness claims the air and survival becomes a peculiar game. One learns early that preparation is key. Because the patterns of hot and cold have changed their fundamentals since I was a boy, the arithmetic no longer works. Throw away your predictions and pray you've got enough firewood. Pitch that almanac into the hearth for what it's worth.”
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Paul Roberts,
Wintertide Omega
