Overast today. A hint of rain. Our high was 74F.

In six days, seven depending how you coun't...well...it's almost too terrible to contemplate. Is there a scenario that will not result in this election not being a calamity? certainly a straightup Trump win is worse case, but there are so many other terrifying possibilities. However it goes, it won' ( Read more... )

A murderous day ( Read more... )

Sunny and bordering on hot today. We were told the high would be 90˙F. So, far we've only seen 87˚F, and the temperature has begun to drop. But we still may see 90˚F tomorrow ( Read more... )

There's colder weather coming than I had expected, but this cold snap will be short. Thank goodness. Clouds this morning, heavy rain early in the afternoon, and then the sun returned. The high was 78˚F ( Read more... )

Sunny today. Our high was 72˚F, and it is now 69˚F. Yes, this is abnormally warm weather ( Read more... )

Not a bad day. The rain seems to be gone, leaving dry air and cooler temperatures. Our high today was 74˚F. It is currently 70˚F ( Read more... )

Clouds and sun today, a little of both. Our high was 88˚F ( Read more... )

There was sun this morning, but it was a cloudy afternoon. Our high was 87˚F, with a heat index of 90˚F. Which is what it still is ( Read more... )

As my birthdays go, yesterday was about as good as it ever gets. That makes two pleasant birthdays in a row, and for that I have Spooky to thank. And I am also grateful to everyone who wished me well via Facebook and LiveJournal and Twitter and email yesterday. Spooky cooked a marvelous lasagna, and she game me a cool Deinochierus figurine, a ( Read more... )

My thanks to Barry Graham (the_urban_monk) for linking to Bill McKibben's story in The Nation reporting the results of a publication on greenhouse gases by Dr. Jim Hansen (NASA) and others, which appeared in Science a few weeks ago. This is a chilling, no-bullshit article, and it needs to be read by everyone living on this planet. Because, as McKibben states ( Read more... )