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So while  Margie and I slave away in the salt mines today, not working for a governmental or quasi-governmental agency, Katherine (who has the day off) is going on a ski trip (her first), via the school and the Colorado Ski Academy<\/a>, for a fun-filled day<\/a> of ski training and playing.<\/p>\n

It’s supposed to be about as cold down here today as it is up in Eldora<\/a>.  Today’s forecast here is about 15F, with snow.  Up there it’s … about the same.  But she’s bundled up as much as we are, so I expect we’ll have a happy, if exhausted, Kitten at the end of the day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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