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He is risen!!! - Country Cousin

Published Wednesday, March 27, 2024

A blessed Easter is almost upon us. May we find comfort in His salvation, and joy in His love.

After a winter of almost no snow, the grass was starting to turn green on a few lawns and hill sides. And then, on Palm Sunday afternoon and evening, came the snow. However, it doesn’t promise to stay long, and we certainly need all the moisture we can get. 

Time for Spring Soul Cleaning - Country Cousin

Published Wednesday, February 21, 2024

The Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday and President’s Day have all come and gone. Lent is here and Easter is coming up fast.

Six more weeks of winter? - Country Cousin

Published Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Groundhog Day has come and gone. By this time next Valentine’s Day will have come and gone, and Lent will be here.

As to groundhogs, we’re told that Punxsutawney Phil, who apparently has become the official American Groundhog weather prognosticator, did not see his shadow over there in Pennsylvania, which means spring is here, or at least spring is there. 

Six more weeks of winter? - Country Cousin

Published Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Groundhog Day has come and gone. By this time next Valentine’s Day will have come and gone, and Lent will be here.

As to groundhogs, we’re told that Punxsutawney Phil, who apparently has become the official American Groundhog weather prognosticator, did not see his shadow over there in Pennsylvania, which means Spring is here, or at least Spring is there. 

Groundhog Day, 2024 - Country Cousin

Published Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Weather continues unseasonably mild as January 2024 sings its swan song and February begins. Maybe God is taking it easy on us so our pocket books can withstand the increasing high prices of everything else.

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January Thaw???? - Country Cousin

Published Thursday, January 11, 2024

After a late start, it looks like winter of 2023-2024 may have finally arrived. If we’re lucky, it got here just in time for the January Thaw. The unusually high temperatures so far this winter sure have made it easier to pay the heating bills. In these days of runaway inflation, hate to think of what it would have cost had we had a winter like the one we had in 2018, when temperatures on New Year’s Eve dipped to 17 below in some areas of TIMESLand.

Advent is here.... Country Cousin

Published Wednesday, December 6, 2023

November is gone, December is here, and Advent, the Christian time of preparation for Christmas, officially arrived on Sunday, Dec. 3.

We haven’t had much snow so far this year so far, but the snow we did have created some dangerous driving conditions, especially on back roads. The highway crews generally managed to keep the main roads drivable.

Preparing for Christmas - Country Cousin

Published Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Hunters didn’t get much tracking snow for deer season, but the stuff that fell during the night and into the day of Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 25 and 26 may have made it easier for those who didn’t get their venison until the final day.

Gain an hour! - Country Cousin

Published Wednesday, November 1, 2023

We get our lost hour back this weekend. We turn back the clocks at night on Saturday, Nov. 4, and get to sleep an extra hour on Sunday morning. Remember, Spring forward, Fall behind. Been sleepy all summer because of the hour of sack time we lost last Spring.

Good excuse, right?

Hi, Folks! - Country Cousin

Published Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Hi, folks!
Notice how dusk is settling in much earlier lately?
Sunrise is coming later, too, but somehow that old alarm clock seems to ring just as early in the morning.
We’re only days away from the first official day of autumn, one of the two days in the year when the hours of daylight and darkness are exactly equal.
The autumnal equinox this year arrives on Saturday, Sept. 23.

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