... is what's been forecast for the next couple of days around here. That's 45 Celsius for you foreigners. The Western Desert may live and breathe at that temperature, but here in Oregon we generally prefer it a wee bit cooler.

... is "get used to it." Another glorious day in the Pacific North-wet!

The rainy season has well and truly begun, and we even got a little lightning and thunder this afternoon. Oh, and a tornado made a brief appearance near Portland the other day ( Read more... )

Before work I spent a little time on the Spanish dialog in 'Beyond the Basics' where Miguel welcomes Carlos and Juana to Madrid. It turns out that "al aire libre" is a bit of a tongue twister, at least for my poor old gringo tongue, so I practiced the phrase over and over on the way to work. It was cloudy, and, despite the forecast, it started ( Read more... )

calls for snow and rain here for the foreseeable future. It's still labeled as the "10-day forecast", but apparently the authorities are sufficiently confident in the state of meteorological science to run it out to a full two weeks these days.

Either way, I'm very very glad to have said goodbye to The Undisclosed Location.

You still have a chance to make your famous lamb-like exit.

Don't blow it.

Whoa, two weeks since my last journal entry. It's been a little bit rough: we were having a very mild winter up until mid-February, and then BAM! Since Valentine's day it's been snow, and more snow, and more snow, with occasional rounds of freezing rain ( Read more... )

I didn't get as much done this weekend as I'd hoped, but I did manage to get through Shir haShirim (Song of Songs) to the end, which was the Bible project I'd tasked myself with a few weeks ago. It's not that long - only 117 verses, although the verses tend to be longish - and it's part of the liturgy (read publicly on the eve of the Sabbath and/ ( Read more... )

Just tuned in to this advisory on the Portland-based NOAA weather broadcast ( Read more... )

As my Mom used to say, playfully reverting to her native Maine dialect, "Aiyup, it's gonna be a scotchuh."

Good day to head to the coast, and that's what I plan to do.