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Monday, February 7, 2011

Moms About Town

Snowday Survival Guide

Snowpants are the new black.

When the automated phone call and E-mail came at 5:30 a.m., alerting me to yet another snow day, I was tempted to E-mail back, “Noooooooooooooooo….!” But I question whether the humor will translate. Does Mother Nature even have a gmail account? Given: we have gotten walloped with snow this winter-it’s been a record breaker. Given: complaining about the weather is boring and futile. Snow is like aging in that you can try to deny it’s inevitability, you can rail, but eventually it will march wherever it wants to, possibly all over you. Your hands are not on this steering wheel. As a life-long resident of New England, I know first-hand how to make it through winter. I know about the supremacy of quality socks and the necessity of layering. L.…

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