I'd not really planned to take a two day break from the journal. I just abruptly discovered on Tuesday night that I needed to step away for a bit. But I'm back now. I will not, however, be continuing my nightly listing of the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the state. I don't need to be doing that. If you want those figures, go to the website ( Read more... )

Given I only slept about three and a half hours last night, today went pretty good. I think we actually passed from warm weather to hot weather. The high was 86˚F, and I expect there was a heat index ( Read more... )

Sunny and 44˚F here, the windchill at 40˚F. That's almost not too bad ( Read more... )

Summer is back with us, for the time being. Currently, it's 79˚F, with a heat index of 81˚F ( Read more... )

A beautiful, sunny day out there. Currently, it's 80˚F, with the heat index at 81˚F. I have missed you so, heat index.

Yesterday, I did 1,242 words on the Haunting of Hill House introduction, but I still have not finished it. What I'd hoped, foolishly, would take me one day will take me at least four. It means a lot to me to do a good job with ( Read more... )

Currently, it's 52˚F and overcast in Providence. The windchill is 49˚F. In Birmingham, it's 74˚F. Birmingham will have a high of 81˚F. We'll be lucky to reach 54˚F ( Read more... )

A bright warm morning, the high currently 73˚F, looking at a high of 85˚F. There are going to be many hard things about heading back to Providence on Thursday, but the worst of it might be leaving early summer to head back into early spring. It's a weird sort of seasonal time travel. Highs for Providence next week are forecast to be in the low ( Read more... )

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On this day in 2011, I posted an absolutely idiotic idea for a spoof of ParaRom, which went on to become the Quinn novels and come damn near to destroying my life. Three years after completing the last Quinn book, I still have not recovered from that fiasco ( Read more... )

We reached 84˚F yesterday, just shy of the record temperature for the day. Currently, it's 67˚F. Kathryn is at the garage with the car, and hopefully this will be the last round of car drama. Only, a new round of cat drama seems now to have emerged to take its place ( Read more... )