1 64% 17% 3mph NNE bar30.47 waindchill-3 Winter Waning Crescent of the Winter Moon A light snow has begun to fall though we don’t have snow in the forecast. A good three inches of snow would be good about now. A freshening. Yesterday evening I had begun to feel adrift, purposeless. This sometimes happens to me […]
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The Confederate States of America
-7 57% 17% 0mph WWN bar30.33 steep rise windchill-7 Winter Waning Crescent of the Winter Moon Watched a strange and disturbing, but also funny, movie on the Independent Film Channel, “The Confederate States of America.” Produced by Spike Lee this is a satirical take on American history if the south had won the Civil […]
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-3 44% 17% 1mph WSW bar30.24 rises windchill-5 Winter Waning Crescent of the Winter Moon The day continues cold. We reached -15.8 this morning at 6:24AM. Since then, we’ve gained about twelve degrees. The windchill all day has been brutal. Kate finished cushions for the window seat in the kitchen. I put Hilo on it while […]
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-10 48% 18% 2mph WWS bar30.16 rises windchill-12 Winter Waning Crescent of the Winter Moon Ordered a teaching company course on the brain. I hope this will jump start a dive into the small library of neuroscience books I’ve purchase over the last few years. The whole brain/mind debate fascinates me, as did the […]
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-2 52% 21% 7mph WNW bar29.58 steady windchill-9 Waning Crescent of the Winter Moon I have passed into that curious liminal state before a longer trip. The threads that hold me here release, one at a time. Newspaper. Mail. Obligations at the Art Institute. Dogs. Obligations I can fulfill that will arise soon after […]
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2 56% 22% 6mph W bar 29.54 steep rise windchill-5 Last Quarter of the Winter Moon Kate brought me a spray of yellow tulips two days ago. They have opened now and have the scent of spring. We’re seeking another dog, looking at Irish Wolfhound and Scottish Deerhound rescues on the internet. We won’t […]
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35 91% 23% 2mph ESE bar29.06 steady windchill34 Winter Last Quarter of the Winter Moon Something I’ve thought about for a while. A Sacrament water from our well, bread from local grain and cheese from Minnesota, candles Light candle(s). Say to all: See this light, not as symbol, but as energy brought to us by fire […]
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38 73% 23% 0mph SSW bar29.12 steady windchill39 Winter Last Quarter of the Winter Moon Think I lost a post somewhere in cyber space, one from this morning. A miscellaneous day so far. Kate and I decided on the kinds of vegetables we want to grow. Next I’ll look at her choices for varieties […]
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26 80% 21% 0mph SSE bar29.64 steep fall Windchill26 Winter Waning Gibbous Winter Moon Performed the test of the sound system today with the microphone that listens to output from the speakers and adjusts them according to prestablished program. It sounds out whistles, clicks, rolling thunder, static and a loud rush of static. Then […]
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24 87% 21% 0mph SSW bar29.96 steady Winter Waning Gibbous Winter Moon As the winter moon wanes, a warm up heads our way. Tomorrow the temperature will hit 40. That’s a sixty degree swing within the week. Not unusual for Minnesota, but impressive anyhow. I’ve read that we have the most significant temperature and […]
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