A cold bare grey November day

There's a mid-afternoon snack and a mid-afternoon rest – which seems to have become less important as I've aged.

Vikings fall to South Ridge Panthers

For want of a nail, the shoe was lost… And, for want of a dozen or so missed lay-ups, the game was lost. But the Vikings played a pretty darn exciting match last Tuesday at home in front of a rowdy, cheering crowd.

Winter’s here!

We're all in this together. Winter that is. It seems like we have had more winter in the last three weeks than all of last winter. And this winter has just started with a bang, weeks of high winds, cold weather, and now plenty of snow.

Matters of Record

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