Sunday, July 27, 2008

A Whole Other World

I'll continue the other articles later today, but have to get this in.  Chatted with a guard this weekend about the seasons of the year and asked when Mongols believe Fall started.  Thinking he would say the Fall solstice, I was surprised when he immediately replied, "the day after Naadam."  Naadam finished July 13th.  Wind started blowing from the north yesterday and BOOM this morning, July 28th at 8:00 AM, it is 47 degrees.  I am coaching a little league baseball team in one hour and I ask, how do you play anything other than a world series game or football in 50 degree weather?  Assuming it reaches 50.  Winds still blowing.  It could flurry before all's said and done.

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