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FEBRUARY 2, 2009
"The Hardest Part of Skating is the Ice" ~ Author Unkown
While lots of people were home preparing for their Super Bowl parties yesterday afternoon, my husband and I were on Lebanon Green watching the few remaining stragglers ice skating. Continued low temps this winter have been a boon for ice fisherman and kids and adults alike, have been in their glory enjoying the skating. It's been years since I've ice skated but I have fond memories of doing so. My dad was quite the skater; he could skate as well backwards as forwards and it was he who taught me how to skate. I can remember the thrill of graduating from double runners, to my first pair of single blade white skates with pom poms. I can also remember the bruised knees, elbows and wounded pride that came from my many falls. Though I never was as good a skater as my dad, I sure had fun. My girl friends and I would walk a couple of miles on cold winter nights just to skate. My dad always thought the guys that showed up too had something to do with my willingness to brave the cold, but I'd never tell! Bonfires, hot chocolate, whips, trains, races, a few stolen kisses. What could be better? When I got married and our family moved to Columbia, I used to take my girls to Rec Field to skate on the long, gone flooded ice rink. We really enjoyed skating there. Safe and fun. We used to go to Bolton Ice Rink, and Uconn too, now and then. One time we even skated at the famous Rockefeller Center Rink. My all-time favorite book with a skating angle:
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