Debbe Hamblin:  

There isn't enought space to write what has gone on w/me in the last 36 years!. I am living in Northfield MN. Been here 15 years. was just going to stay a couple months! I do love this small town living. So quiet. The season change is something I never saw living in so.cal. It is a beauty i still find myself in awe each new season. Yes, it gets a bit chilly here. When we get -20 sub zero, and higher windchills, it gets a bit testy! You just learn to run fast to your car! When it is so cold like that, i call it "face" cold. your face gets so unbelievably cold that you get a headache. Hard to explain. One more thing about culture shock. the 1st year i was here, must've been late fall. i went outside to clean my windows on my car. i sprayed the windex on the windshield & it froze! all i could think of was dorothy on thw wixard of oz, saying to toto "i don't think were in kansas anymore...Expand for more