Get Your Igloo On

Here in the east, over the past couple of days, Ma Nature reminded us just what New England Winters can be like. And while most of us strained against her ball-busting furry clearing our driveways, hopefully, we all took a second to appreciate the beauty of Winter and perhaps make a snowman or go sledding with our kids. As I gleefully pulled mine around the neighborhood on a sled, I was transported back to my childhood and the days spent outdoors until numbness set in.

Most often, that numbness was the result of my brother and my efforts to build snow forts… Forts were cool but what we always wanted to build was an igloo. Igloos were stuff of suburban legend. Everyone knew someone who supposedly had made one but no one had the know how to figure it out. Too bad we (or my dad) didn’t have access to a dude like Norbert E. Yankielun who goes by the name Doctor Why and his expertise (and his web site)…because he can tell you, step by step, how to pull off a real-deal igloo. Check it out in this article on BostonGlobe.com today.

I think it goes without saying though that your kids should be supervised if they try this… a roof cave-in could really ruin a great day in Winter Wonderland!