#181 — Falling into Winter

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I live in northern Utah which meteorologists describe as having an arid to semi-arid climate. Unlike some parts of the county where the weather never changes — I’m looking at you Southern California — we have definite seasons. If you start keeping track in July, the seasons are hot, hotter, hottest, too hot, when will the heat end, school registration season, why won’t the heat end, windy season, rainy season, Indian summer, why is it hot again, smog, the new Fall TV season, High School football season, Jazz Basketball Season, the one perfect Fall day, hunting season, municipal election season, cold season, flu and cold season, colder, coldest, why can’t it be hot again, smog, first snowfall isn’t it beautiful, snowing? again?, Christmas shopping season, bad roads and fender-bender season, Christmas day with a thirty-percent chance of snow, Hollywood awards season, smog, almost spring, melty, snow pack runoff, street flooding, road construction planning, the one perfect spring day, rain, rainier, rainiest, smog, lawn mower repair season, the annual blooming of the orange barrels, constructions guys with shovels but no visible work to do, graduation season, wedding season, smog, early summer, and finally back to hot. (Full Text)

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Notes:

• Thanks to Chris Lane for some kind words this week.  You can learn more about Chris (and see some of his terrific photos) at http://www.ChrisLanePhoto.com
• As mentioned on the episode, Twitter friend @Mainframe noticed that I was on a “behind the scenes” episode of Angel Between the Lines where I got to talk about directing for an audio drama.  If you’re interested, you can listen in at:
  http://www.angelbetweenthelines.com/2009/11/abtls1bts002-behind-the-scenes-with-the-directors/