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Adirondack Non-Winter Poem

February 11, 2023 by Edward Zahniser 3 Comments

Adirondack Non-Winter Poem

I admit to never having witnessed winter
in the Adirondacks. My major excuses are
how we mid-southerly flatlanders don’t
know how to drive in deep snow—the
drive from our otherwise year-round
Maryland home is a solid 10-hour trip
even in favorable summer conditions.

Not to mention how our four-room cabin
has zero, zip, zilch insulation. And our sole
heat source is a stone fireplace, that might
well supply more unwanted heat to global
warming than to fuel our cabin’s comfort.

Besides which, I have zero levitation skills
and no useful experience on snowshoes,
which, I am told are necessary in winter—
not to mention skis, which have frankly
only ever managed to stir up fright in me,
especially now with my new artificial joints.

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  1. Bob Meyer says

    February 11, 2023 at 11:08 AM

    Ed, It should be on your bucket list…. at least once.

    Reply
    • Ed Zahniser says

      February 11, 2023 at 1:03 PM

      Maybe a bucket of hot water! But thanks for the encouragement, Bob!
      EZ

      Reply
  2. Sue L says

    February 12, 2023 at 9:13 AM

    You’re missing out on the annual Chowderfest in Saratoga,the outhouses races & ice castles up in Lake George and other winter activities up here..you’re not get any younger🙄..just sayin’

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