It is so cold this morning that when the wind races through the leafless sycamores, the ends of the branches rattle together, stiff, like thin bones. A wave of gray clouds sweeps in from the northwest. Even Winnie, when I take her out, sniffs hesitantly at the brittle grass, does her business quickly, and then…
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