79 bar falls 29.84 1mph ENE dew-point 61 Summer, hot, moving toward muggy Waxing Crescent of the Thunder Moon The cracks in the red car’s head were tiny. I saw them. They ran, in one instance, down the threads that hold the spark plug in place. While threading in a spark plug or under pressure, […]
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63 bar rises 29.95 0mph NNE dew-point 54 Summer, night and cool Waning Gibbous Flower Moon Back home. The corn is past knee high; the garlic has finished its growth; the tomato plants that began from heritage seeds have fruit; the beans have begun to bush out and the onions have sky rocketed. A […]
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57 bar steep fall 29.94 7mph ENE dew-point 52 Beltane, cloudy and cool Last Quarter of the Hare Moon Can this possibly mean what it says? “While cities are hot spots for global warming, study finds people in them emit fewer gases.” Washington Post, 5/29/2008 In this same vein I watched part of a […]
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55 bar steep rise 0mph E dew-point 39 Beltane Waxing Gibbous Hare Moon Kate cleared a bunch of dogwood canes, pulled up weeds, pruned out a juniper (yesterday), deadheaded the daffodils and generally worked herself into a stupor. (In Norwegian, this is a good thing.) She’s been on vacation this week and has enjoyed […]
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33 bar steep fall 29.69 7 mph NE dewpoint 32 Spring Waxing Crescent Moon of Growing Just got a call from the Sierra Club inviting me to my own party. I said, “OK.” The rain turned to part snow around 4:50PM and looks like it’s mostly snow now. As soon as the temps drop, […]
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42 bar falls 30.14 6mph NNE dewpoint 31 Spring Waxing Crescent Moon of Growing Some of this, some of that. Reorganized a few books in the study. Called the folks at NOW fitness to get a repair for the treadmill. Surprise! It has a lifetime warranty. Can you beat that? I bought it 12 years […]
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29 bar steep rise 29.87 0mph W windchill 29 First Quarter Moon of Winds Got to thinking about dull gray days. Aunt Roberta days, as we used to call them. Aunt Roberta would always begin her correspondence with, “It’s a dull gray day.” Aunt Roberta, like my Aunt Barbara and my Aunt Marjorie suffered […]
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Back from a workout. Slower today. As I went out on the lanai before I headed for my aerobics, I noticed a disturbance in the calm. A rustle of waves preceded a fluke, it fanned in the air glistening with water, then followed the great body down. A birthday wish from an ocean mammal to […]
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Aunt Dorothy was a bright, vital, strong presence in our family and remained so until her death. A loss for us all. The last of my aunts and uncles (with the exception of a divorced uncle by marriage). My cousins and I are now the older generation, that body of relatives standing between the young ones […]
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A note before bed. The nights are long now. The sun set at 4:32 PM today and won’t rise again until 7:48AM. This is good news for those who like dark, cool nights for sleeping. I do. We’ve received a few of those letters in the mail; you know the ones, dense paragraphs filled with […]
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