Teresa Hirst

The frozen forest outside my bedroom window on the first day of the new year looks the same today. Ice covered with snow which cannot melt tends to freeze time.

I’m not sure I’ll be able to complete my tenth Minnesota winter because tomorrow’s wind chills are predicted to be 25 to 40 degrees below. Below what? If you have to ask, don’t.

So, if I don’t make it, let this be known. For the record, it’s beautiful, but it’s too cold to live here.