A
Northern New York Winter
We purchased
an old home in
Northern
New York State from two elderly sisters. Winter was fast approaching
and I was concerned about the house's lack of insulation. "If they
could live here all those years, so can we!" my husband confidently
declared.
One November night the
temperature
plunged to below zero, and we woke up to find interior walls covered
with frost. My husband called the sisters to ask how they had kept the
house warm. After a rather brief conversation, he hung up. "For the
past 30 years," he muttered, "they've gone to Florida for the winter."
