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by Kevin T McEneaney Winter, the season of introspection, sweaters, stews, oatmeal, and snow shoveling. Sled grooves on a hill, squirrel prints on lawns, a cardinal high up on a tree branch, the sift voice of my mother calling me, the onset of early sudden darkness…. * Wrapped, bowed boxes under the Christmas tree strung with colored lights and bright ornaments, my younger brother dancing in frenzy at the excitement of piled presents and I sworn…