This article was originally posted online in March, 1997. Winter Coming to a Close. In between firing up their snowblowers and watching the mailbox disappear beneath new drifts, young adults have been storing up the kind of memories that will one day be shared with their grandchildren. And it got so cold that when you shouted to somebody across the street, your words froze before they got to his ears. Well, it hasn't really been that bad.
Exaggeration can be fun.
Still, it has been a corker of a winter. Located just a few miles north of Hendricks, this abandoned country pub is surrounded by snow drifts nearly as high as the roof. But one of the great things about living here is the promise of Spring. Geese have been flocking near the lake. Local gardeners are examining seed catalogs with care.