Overcast and drear all day, though I do not think it ever rained. Our high was about 83F, but the damp made it feel much cooler ( Read more... )

I think we got the weather meant for yesterday. There was a flash-flood warning all morning. Fortunately we're well up the ridge from Shades Creek. There was sun towards dusk. Our high was 73F ( Read more... )

A cloudy morning, but the day cleared. Our high was 93.9F, with a heat index of 102F ( Read more... )

Hot today. Our high was HOT, 95F, with a heat index of 106F.

That monster in the Atlantic has taken aim at the Gulf.

I meant to make this entry earlier tonight, but I'm so goddamn sleepy, after the ~three hours last night, and I forgot. So here I am now. Better late than blah blah fuckity blah ( Read more... )

Bright, sunny, and not exactly warm today. Our high was only 58F, after a low of 27F ( Read more... )

Rain, rain, rain. I think we saw a few seconds sunlight this afternoon. But mostly rain, fog filling the valley, thunderstorms. We have a flash flood watch through Saturday. But it's warm, warmer than it should be. We made it to 70F today ( Read more... )

I woke late, feeling crappy, to rain. But by late afternoon there was some clearing. It won't last, but it's good to get breaks in the monsoon. Our high was a pleasant, if damp, 63F ( Read more... )

I just saw the news that former first lady Rosalyn Carter has died at 96.

A sunny autumn day. Our high was 69.

I got five hours sleep last night. For now, this restricting myself to 4-5 hrs. sleep seems to be working for me. I wrote 1,321 words on The Night Watchers before Spooky got up. And later, after I had an epiphany about the book - the ( Read more... )

A sunny, warmish autumn day. Our high was 70F.

It seems I need less sleep than I've been getting. More and more, I see that the less I sleep, the better I feel and the better I am able to work. I'm starting to see that I need 4-5 hours/day of sleep, and when I start going over that, I feel like crap and my productivity plummets. Anyway, four hours ( Read more... )

The sun came back today, thank heavens, because the gloom was wearing me down. Our high was 75F.

But...it was a rough night, as we settle into a routine of looking after Selwyn as he heals. And neither Kathryn nor I got much sleep, and we were both pretty much useless all day. Tomorrow abolutely cannot be that way (barring some new unforseen ( Read more... )