“Mom, today at school they said it is supposed to snow up to 14 inches!” In past years the predictions of how much snow always exceeded the actual accumulation. When I tried to prep the excited children for a potential disappointment, it fell on deaf ears. “But Mom, they said it will — it’s actually going to.”
“Okay, we’ll see, it might.” Everyone knew about ‘Fern’ moving in with winter fury in ways we don’t usually see in Southern Illinois. Most folks were fired up about it, but then there are always those who would rather do without.
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Gloria Yoder is the third writer of The Amish Cook column since its inception in 1991.
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