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A Chasing After Wind, Home of the Winds, A Chill Wind, A Welcome Wind, More Axial Rotation
For literally millenia, wind-battered reader, wind was considered not just a phenomenon of Nature, but supernatural. All major ancient human cultures had various deities associated with wind. Vayu is the Hindu god of the wind. The ancient Greeks of whom … Continue reading →
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You Think This Is Cold? Let Me Tell You About….Cold Stories From An Old Geezer Who Walked to School….Uphill Both Ways
This massive blizzard/snowstorm/Cold arctic air that has rode roughshod over the Midwest, the East, down all the way to Alabama and Texas….is being called “the worst in decades.” In something of an oxymoron, the brutal cold weather has “fueled” the … Continue reading →
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