It is one of those bitter cold winter days when the wind reminds one that Summer has indeed given up it's last breath and has given way to the Sun's farthest distance from the earth. No activity here, just the howling wind and the deceptively blue sky hiding Winter's wrath.

The grain elevator has no customers...even though just two months ago...it was busy with the Farmer's grain. No train to haul away the crop, no children outside playing in the yard...it is as though the whole world around me has gone into hibernation.

Dan