terrific thunderstorms over the Ohio Valley states and Lake regions “ the mere mention of summer thunderstorms in winter is exciting but it seemed wonderful to me that these storms formed over such far away and vast almost mythical regions and come onto us finally.  I associate almanacs with the country - short winter days when the sun is dying in mists, early in the afternoon; with horses going along muddy roads; with the S.W. sky at evening
     The time will no doubt come when these nostalgic reveries will be replaced by the same sort of longing for the very time I am now writing this. [i]