Senior Olympian Sprinter

When Garrison would talk about winter at Lake Wobegon, he would mention that sometime during January or February, winter would actually try to kill you--cull the herd of the weak and sickly.  Boy was he right!!  This last week has been a testament to the power of winter--mess with Mother Nature at the wrong time and you are toast, not merely stranded in a major city like Atlanta.   How does that happen,  by the way??  There are buildings everywhere and you are stranded!!   I guess if you have to walk more than a couple of blocks you are stranded.  More on this later.   I was in Savannah, GA this week and the gloom and doom forecast was going to basically have a global ice shelf covering everything in the area. They were pretty serious.   The worst part of  the storm was going  to strike late at night and we would know the next day if we would go to work or hole up at the hotel. ...

I had an opportunity to travel into to some very rural areas in the recent weeks-- and by rural, I mean a long way from any real city or metropolitan area.  I was eating in the local diner, a meat and three of course, and really started to notice the people in the room and how they fit into the local scene.     I think there was a rancher and one of his hands, some construction workers-- the mud on the pants and shoes were dead give aways, the restaurant help, me and probably a retired man who was eating with all his outer wear still on. It was cold.   I know the conclusion I am going after is a stretch, but I have seen the same scene in numerous towns throughout the US. Competition in the outlands is a lot different than in the big town.  A lot of people stay out of the cities except for trips to the "big mall" or hospital when they or a family member needs to have some surgery. And while they are at these big city faci...

I have been a really busy the last couple of weeks with finishing up some Christmas activity and getting in some deer hunting.   As a result of all the fun, when I returned from deer hunting I was basically done.   I had a cold and was pretty much worn out .  Four days later,  I feel a lot better, and hopefully it is all good from here.  I hunted deer in Ohio this year during the 4 day muzzle loader season.  I like this season because it is short and typically it is colder with snow a definite possibility.  This year was true to form, but the 'cold' was kinda out of hand.   We hunted with no problems the first two days and on the third day it was really cold and we did hunt most of the day and killed 4 deer that day.  The group had about 10 people with guns that day.  The fourth day was too cold and we did not hunt.  The air temperature was near zero with wind chills in the - 30 or 40's.  No way we could s...