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As you may know I am a climate heretic.\u00a0 I not so much dismiss global warming as I cheer it on.\u00a0 Living in the frozen hell of New England I look forward to the day when I may roam around my yard in early February in my speedo.\u00a0 Unaccountably my neighbors aren’t as keen on my idea.<\/p>\n

Be that as it may, the National Geographic Society contracted with me to fly aerial reconnaissance over the Great Eastern Glacier.\u00a0 Since it is located in my front yard I agreed after the usual haggling over remuneration.\u00a0 Here is that photo.<\/p>\n

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I marveled at its majesty and after landing on it and planting my flag I flew back to base.\u00a0 Nature is truly humbling to behold.<\/p>\n

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Later I reconnoitered around the yard to see if anything was stirring.\u00a0 During the week Camera Girl related running into the mallards on the pond and salamanders in her garden mulch but I saw none of these critters.\u00a0 But in one of the gardens that my predecessor planted but that was swallowed up in the bramble area over time a few stray daffodils have already sprouted.<\/p>\n

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Whereas our planting is still getting started<\/p>\n

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And the reindeer moss is recovered from its winter funk.<\/p>\n

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So while I failed to witness the legendary mating ritual of the Southern New England Sasquatch that I had hoped to report on, nevertheless, much was achieved.\u00a0 I was able to obtain measurements that prove categorically that the Great Eastern Glacier is certain to last for at least another 5,000 years.\u00a0 Ice cores taken at a depth of 2.8 miles below the surface show that the legendary Kingdom of the Mole-Men has installed refrigeration equipment that will preclude any loss in glacial volume indefinitely.\u00a0 Based on this data I am planning to construct a saw mill to provided cubed ice for the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea.\u00a0 Since time immemorial the aboriginal highland inhabitants have been forced to drink their traditional summertime beverage mu-ba-bu at ambient temperature which in Papua New Guinea can be north of 110 degrees F.\u00a0 Mu-ba-bu is a variety of fermented human brain fluid.\u00a0 Predictably it has a very limited shelf life at ambient temperatures so access to really good cubed ice will be a revolution for the average Papua New Guinea house wife in regard to making the mu-ba-bu budget stretch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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