It did not merely rain today in Birmingham. It rained goddammit and back again. It was a monsoon, a veritable deluge, Ray Bradbury's perpetually drowning Venus, a frog-strangler. That kind of rain. The sky turned black and the bottom dropped out. Flash flooding all over Jefferson County. We for over two inches in two hours, and the total for the ( Read more... )

Currently, it's 64˚F ( Read more... )

I can only hope that the month to come will be better than the month that is almost past. Despite beautiful weather, my first August home was marred by a grinding marathon slog of proofreading, a boneheaded editor who should have known better than to ask me to explain myself, insomnia, and depression ( Read more... )

Sunny again today. yesterday, we made it to 64˚F, and I'm an idiot for not going outside. It won't be quite as warm today, I don't think. But I do mean to have a walk after I work. Currently, it's only 50˚F, with the windchill at 46˚F. Hopefully, we'll actually reach the projected high of 57˚F. I think February has finally arrived, here at the end ( Read more... )

“The mere passage of time makes us all exiles.” ~ Joyce Carol Oates ( Read more... )