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Good chilly morning from Collegeville,

It looks like the ice on the pond is here to stay for a while.  Do not go out there unless you are with a buddy and be sure to check the ice often.  We used to drag race cars across Cedar Lake west of Upsala when we were teenagers.  To my knowledge, no one ever went through the ice, but we got away with a lot of stupid things as kids.  One winter we made a game of standing on the hood of a DeSoto, using it as a giant snowboard as we were towed in the ditch behind a car.

My sister and one of my classmates both ended up in casts after a toboggan run down a steep hill in the Burtrum Hills.  After a heavy snow we would make a party by driving into the Burtrum Hills with our old cars and just try to get stuck.  These were not SUVs, simply rear wheel drive cars with a bunch of boys and snow shovels.

Here is one way to enjoy the winter and the ice in a safe environment.  https://youtu.be/iNuCXUkp2DE

Live from Here this week is a live show from the Town Hall in New York City.  Special guests include Pixies, Black Pumas, Crooked Still,  Aoife O’Donovan, Anthony Veneziale, Aneesa Folds and Chris Sullivan of Freestyle Love Supremes.   You can listen on your radio, smart phone or watch it on YouTube. 

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.”   Seneca