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The sun is back today. The sky's too blue, but at least the sun's back. Back in earnest. It's 55˚F.

I slept a full seven hours.

Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit. We'll be making a shepherd's pie and cabbage. I wanted to do something different this year, not our usual brisket. Oh, and soda bread ( Read more... )

Cooler today, but sunny. It's 47˚F, and we may reach 60˚F. My sister posted photos from her house in Leeds. It's so green there, the spring of my memory. But at least, come 2 ayem, I'll be in the same time zone as the rest of East Coast. This was my twelfth year to remain on Daylight Savings Time all year round. I look forward to the year when the ( Read more... )

“There's nothing worse for a forest than to have all the trees be the same.” ~ Ken Kesey ( Read more... )

The wide carnivorous sky* has unfolded above Providence, the deepest of all deep blues, the cruelest, the most bottomless. Currently, it's 31˚F and feel like 24˚F. Yesterday, we had a shitty dusting of snow and skies the color of lead and despair. But, we are told that the high on Tuesday will be 60˚F, and on Wednesday it's supposed to reach 67˚F. ( Read more... )