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I am staying in a remote village in Northern Newfoundland and I have told many people how bad the winter is there, how brutal the storms, how cold the air coming down from the Arctic. Elaborating on the dangers, I felt almost heroic for the things I would have to endure. But so far the winter has been bearable, sometimes even mild, with lots of rain instead of snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I also ordered a special wax for dog paws, protecting them against the salt on the road. However, I try to stay away from the roads and use snowmobile trails instead. These trails are not without challenges either. We had a lot of rain a few days ago and then it turned cold (but sun and blue sky). The snow is now hard enough so that I don`t sink in but there are lots of icy patches, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Right now I feel like the reader of a slow-burning crime novel where not much happens at the beginning but the suspense gradually builds up and one expects something horrible to happen soon. I am staying in a remote village in Northern Newfoundland and I have told many people how Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8909-Copy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2352,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions\/2352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
It doesn`t mean, of course, that the situation cannot change soon and that things will be really rough and scary. The unknown kills me. The only thing I can do is to prepare for whatever is coming. I have crampons for my boots and a face-protecting mask and half a dozen gloves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.bernadettecalonego.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8919-1-1024x768.jpg\")
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If you like to play the waiting game, too, here are some developments: the translation of my next English crime novel is almost finished. Publication is planned for May. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"