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Dec 22 2008
Dec 22 2008
What is suburban bliss on a cold winter night. Well one thing is having a heated POS plow truck to clear snow. Yes the plow wiring survives on duct tape and the “check engine” light is always on but I have been able to goose that sucker and create six foot snowbanks. Another is knowing a complete winter stock of wood pellets is available. Yet another is the generator that will power the wood pellet stove is safely tucked away, ready to go. Days start to get longer from this day forward, but do people get wiser from this day forward.
Dec 22 2008
I'm sitting in a cozy little study on Seattle's Capitol Hill. A warm halogen desk lamp, four computers, several piles of books, a shelf full of my favorite and beloved tomes beside a comfortable chair. A pot of earl grey. Outside, it looks kind of like this:
Well, OK…exactly like that, since I just took it five minutes ago from the window above my right monitor. It is cold as hell and the snow just won't stop, which is unusual for this part of the world. Everyone I talk to has gotten sick of the holiday magic of it all, and just wants it to go the hell away. I have gone from resenting the impact on my daily habitrails, to taking eight perimeter laps around the park you see…exactly 5.3 miles. It makes my teeth hurt, but it's better than letting the carbohydrates win. And it's a thrill to see the vast machine of the city come to a softly falling halt. Anyway…that's only part of what this is about.
Dec 22 2008
Dec 22 2008
Topic: Care Packages for the Troops; Jacob’s Light
Originally aired on December 17th, 2008
Dorine Kenney lost her only child Jacob to the Iraq war. Eleven days after Jacob’s death, on his 29th birthday, Dorine sent a care package to one of her son’s friends still serving in Iraq. This single act spawned The Jacob’s Light Foundation, an organization to honor her son and care for those still fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.