I slept about ten hours, which seems like a miracle. I think its been more than a year since I've done that, and it's been weeks since I slept for than six hours straight. I woke to a frozen world and a thermometer whose mercury had crashed to 0˚F, with a -13˚F windchill. Spooky already had a fire going, because she'd been up since about nine ( Read more... )

The snow began again last night, and we have maybe three fresh inches. And it's still falling. Every now and then, a tree will drop everything that's piled atop its branches and a miniature blizzard sweeps past the windows. And there are no snowplows or cars, no exhaust pipes or sand, to ruin it ( Read more... )

Comet Pojmanski (C/2006 A1) , discovered on January 2nd, had its closest approach (115.4 million kilometers) to earth in the pre-dawn hours yesterday. I may stay up tonight and try to catch a glimpse of it. I've never seen a comet with a turquoise tail ( Read more... )