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By THERESA REYNOLDS
Rappahannock Vh» Staff U rilcr
The wind blows and strips the trees of their few remaining leaves. The mild days of Indian Summer persist halfway through November, and Rappahannock woodpiles grow higher as local folks cut wood faster than it is needed to feed the fires of these comfortable days. But we all know that a much harsher time is coming, maybe before Christmas, maybe after, maybe not until February. But how cold, and how much snow? These are the questions that rural folks have been asking for centuries out of a need to know what preparations should be made, when travel should be planned, or when the first ground could be turned up in the spring.
Many Rappahannock oldtimers remember the natural signs that were interpreted as harbingers of a bitter winter to come. Most signs assume that animals, plants, insects
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