The Fireside

Hello out there, we're on the air, it's 'Hockey Night' tonight. Tension grows, the whistle blows, and the puck goes down the ice. The goalie jumps, and the players bump, and the fans all go insane. Someone roars, "Bobby Scores!" at the good old Hockey Game. Oh, the good old hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good old hockey game. Second period. Where players dash, with skates aflash, the home team trails behind. But they grab the puck, and go bursting up, and they're down across the line. They storm the crease, like bumble bees, they travel like a burning flame. We see them slide, the puck inside, it's a 1-1 hockey game. Oh, the good old hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good old hockey game. Third Period. Last game of the playoff too. Oh take me where, the hockey players, face off down the rink. A...

I live in  Canada , also known as “The Great White North”. In my province (not state), we get various weather throughout the year, with occasional ‘spikes’, possibly due to global warming. The summer is usually +20 - +30 celsius (not farenheit), and with the mugginess of humidity, it can feel worse. As if you’re trying to breathe something solid instead of air. Typically, that’s end of July and August. In the winter though, it usually gets between -15- -25. And then there’s the wind chill. When it’s windy out, it can feel a lot colder, as the winter breeze can pierce through worse than any sharp object. That’s the very worse, but if one dresses proper, it’s not that bad. And not for  all  of  Canada , just where I live (and other places close by). This week, however, can make one feel as if they’re living in the  Arctic . In a small town in  Ontario , I saw that the temperature was about -32, with a wind chill making it feel as if it’s -45. I beli...