Remembering the Winters

I'm told that the winter I moved to Cando in 2008 was one of the worse in many years. I had just moved into town relocating from the west coast, I had made it right before all the winter storms had moved in covering everything in snow. The house I moved into was older and was heated by an oil furnace which became rather costly at the peak of gasoline prices but it worked well keeping me warm! 

Let me tell you that I love the snow and I don't mind the cold as long as I'm well prepared. Sitting inside the house looking out at the snow is one of the most peaceful feelings you can have watching the flakes and flurries cover every inch of earth. And this is exactly what I did all winter long. Each morning waking up I would pour a cup of Cafe Du Monde coffee and sit down at my desk in the living room to start my day connected to high speed Internet. Every now and then I would take breaks and pace around the house looking outside the picture window in the living room feeling blessed.

I never felt distracted in Cando and I was very productive. You see… the cold weather kept me indoors most of the time. Once a day I would venture out to the post office down the street to pickup mail and drop off letters sometimes picking up groceries from the local store. When I started to get stir crazy a 30 minute drive to Devils Lake would be in order with larger stores, restaurants and a multi-picture movie theater.

Anything I couldn't find locally I would order via the Internet and I was thankful of the UPS and Fedex drivers who would take that trek to  do a rural delivery. 



Cando is a perfect place to reconnect with life or get work accomplished .