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SNOWBLIND

It's a VC day today. We made it home safely from our trip to Spokane & Wenatchee, and as we drove into Butte it started snowing. Although The Kid wasn't thrilled about it, I was glad to see some snow -- finally.

Sometimes my daughter is way smarter than I give her credit for. It snowed a little Monday night. We had a discussion over breakfast Tuesday morning about the benefits of the (much needed) snow in our drought-stricken part of the country. She said, "Dad, this stuff is so dry it could snow 6' and we wouldn't get enough water out of it to matter." She's right, this stuff is way dry. When brushing/scraping the snow off your car entails slamming the door to make it all fall off, it's dry.

And it snowed again last night and into today. The wind is blowing, the white stuff is coming down, it's WINTER -- praise be to God. With any luck, it'll be like this from now until mid-April (with the one exception of next Saturday night, since our Easter Vigil begins outdoors).

So, give thanks for snow in Montana.