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25 January 2026 (Rakvere)

I think I should make a written record of this particular Sunday morning.  At around 06:30 it was -20°C. That's -5°F. Note the minuses, the negative signs. Of course, the "real feel" temperatures were even colder (but are they really "real"). Just as I figured out that anything above 30°C is uncomfortably hot, so I figured out — not more than a couple of weeks ago — that anything below -13°C is bitterly cold. Like, if you are walking more than 12 minutes from Point A to Point B, eating nacho cheese chips without a glove on the hand diving into the bag to retrieve the next chips, that hand could feel like a pound of ground beef looks , defrosting on the kitchen counter. But this is Estonia, where there are no snow days, and if the temperature drops to -20°C, school may be cancelled for students in primary schools, -25°C for students in middle school. This particular Sunday though — yes, I had my coffee, but I drank it from the orange, Iittala (note the Finnish l...

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