Tag Archives: wind chill

Against the Bitter Cold

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Doc Arnett

A double-digit below zero wind chill doesn’t remove duty and obligation… but certainly can affect the way we go about them! Continue reading →

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A Glaring Sun on a Frozen Day

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes the view of a thing is better than the experience… yet even on a frozen day a grateful heart can find its way to giving thanks. Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged blading snow, clearing driveway, cold, snow, tractor, wind chill, winter | Comments Off

A Great Weekend!

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Doc Arnett

What do you call a man who drives through three hundred miles of winter storm to go to a football game when the wind chill is minus 17? “Blessed!!!” Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged birthday, Chiefs, cold, football, football game, freezing rain, Gammon Arnett, ice storm, Kansas City, Kansas City Chiefs, Neil Clarkson, Randa Arnett, Sam Arnett, wind chill, winter, winter storm | Comments Off

A New Coat on a Cold Day

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Doc Arnett

A young black man in a tattered jacket on a bitterly cold day turns a chance encounter into a deeper contemplation on kindness. Continue reading →

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A Good Start to a Cold Day

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Doc Arnett

Counting your blessings on numb fingers today? Good for you! Me, too. Continue reading →

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Life Is Good

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Doc Arnett

A bitter cold snap following warm weather on a long weekend in January could make a man reluctant to return to work… but there are still blessings to be counted. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged bitter weather, cold snap, long weekend, watching football, wind chill | Comments Off

A Pale Sun

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Doc Arnett

It doesn’t take much wind
to put an ache in your hands
when the temperature lands
in the area of minus double-digits: Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged alfalfa, bitter cold, cold, feeding horses, hay, horses, sweet feed, wind chill, winter morning | Comments Off

Dodging the Wind

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I rather prefer a temperature of around seventy-eight or so, with a light breeze if I’m working outside and no breeze if I’m doing something important, like sitting in a lawn chair sipping a glass of sweet tea. Continue reading →

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Cutting Edge

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Doc Arnett

With the wind chill at minus four and a scattering of snow on the ground, I believe that I can say that January has finally found us here in the near corner of Kansas. Continue reading →

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Headin’ South to Snow

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Doc Arnett

My stepson, Jaylon, lives in Brookings, South Dakota, an area of some fame for its fine pheasant hunting and noted by its visitors during the winter months for its cold temperatures and vicious wind chills. Continue reading →

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