Snow Day
Historically, we get snow here in the desert about every three years. It snowed in the hills yesterday and the day before, but today it has penetrated to the floor of the valley and we’re in about three inches right… Continue Reading
Talking About The Weather
Santa Monica
A trip to Santa Monica today was really kind of wasted. All for work. No real chance to enjoy the cool ocean breeze or walk the Promenade or eat at one of the good restaurants. No fun at all. Just… Continue Reading
Texas Doesn’t Like Ike
But Houston will not suffer the same fate as New Orleans did during Katrina. There is no lake above Houston kept in place only by earthen levees. It’s also a much bigger city, more spread-out than relatively compact New Orleans.… Continue Reading
Vermillion Sunset
The fires that seem to be consuming all of California and draping our fine desert valley in a melancholy layer of gray haze do bring one thing of note — spectacular sunsets. Less so the sunrises; the smoke dissipates out… Continue Reading
Sitting Outside
The Wife was watching a TV show on her computer, and the volume was really loud. With lots of people shouting. And I just wanted to go out and write, and think about my presentation Wednesday, and so I took… Continue Reading
Springtime Food
With the weather here in California’s High Desert at about its peak, we’ve have a number of goodies recently. One goodie has been the long and extraordinary poppy season. Entire hillsides are painted golden orange with California’s state flower. In… Continue Reading
Look, Honey, We’re Suburbanites Again!
Happily, the replacement lawn mower worked. By the time I got to the front lawn yesterday, most of the grass was a good nine inches tall and some of the neighbors were no doubt wondering if we’d abandoned the house.… Continue Reading
Dogs Are Barking
“Let’s go walk to McDonald’s and get sundaes.” Thus did The Wife proposition me early this afternoon. You can address the cognitive dissonance of a walk to McDonald’s to get ice cream as a form of exercise at your leisure.… Continue Reading
Wind Causes Blackout
We lost power today at about 10:30 and didn’t get it back for about two hours. In Tennessee, that would have most likely been because of a rainstorm downing a power line. Alternatively, it would have been caused by some… Continue Reading
More Accurate Reporting, Meaning, Reporting That’s More Accurate
The local paper reports 1.12 inches of water over the weekend in my neck of the woods. Also, 67 mile-an-hour winds seem about right for what we experienced at Soffit House. This morning driving to work, I saw snow almost… Continue Reading