Bright and sunny today. Our high was 87F, with a heat index of 90F.

I was up at 5 a.m. I did another polish on "Black Water (Murder Ballad No. 14), and then I spent the next couple of hours getting Sirenia Digest 207 ready for subscribers. It went out early this afternoon. I hope to start a story for No. 108 in the morning. After the digest, I ( Read more... )

The sun came back today. Our high was 47˚F. This time last week we were pushing 90˚F. We have a freeze warning again tonight ( Read more... )

Rain like hell today. Torrential. So dark the streetlights came on. There's a photo below, but it fails, utterly, to catch the monsoonal nastiness. Thunder and lightning. So, our high dropped to 66˚F, and it is now 58˚F. No open windows tonight. Last night maybe have been the last chance for that until February 2022. Oh, how I dread that year. I ( Read more... )