After a nightly low of 25F, we somehow made it to 51F. But with a nasty windchill.

I don't think I'm gonna say much today. I've hardly slept for three nights, and this was the day I started to feel it. So, whatever. I'll try to do better tomorrow.

Three documentaries today: two episodes of Nova, one on the role chariots played in the ( Read more... )

No sun today. Our high was 56F ( Read more... )

Mostly sunny today. A high of 59F.

It's gonna be warm and rainy on Christmas.

I was up at 5 a.m., and I wrote an extremely respectable 1,560 words on The Night Watchers...before dawn. I may somehow manage to finish this book after all.

The afternoon's film was Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005). I am still very fond of this film, but damn, Jack ( Read more... )

The clouds are here, though it is still fairly warm. Our high was 78F ( Read more... )

The warmth is back. Today's high was 70˚F and sunny.

I was up at about 6:45 this morning, and while sun rose, I found myself reading all the old issues of Billy Martin's "Purple Proze" newsletters from back in the 1990s (Issue No. 1 is July 1995). Which sent me to all sorts of places. Like my own newsletter, Salmagundi. Our lives were so very ( Read more... )

We had sun for some of the day. And it's warmer. But I am sick of this weather. Our high today was 41˚F.

No work was done.

Last night, our annual Christmas viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums (2001 ( Read more... )

We made it above freezing today! Our low last night was 18˚F, and our high today was 35˚F, with the windchill at 30˚F.

I have had far worse Christmases (see 1995). Just a quiet day with Spooky, a little Christmas music. My thanks to the readers who sent me gifts. Though always lift my spirits. My favorite gift this year is the Brown Bird hoodie ( ( Read more... )

After yesterday's high of 18˚F, we reached 27˚F today. The windchill currently -16˚F. But we have the sun.

An utterly miserable day.

I spoke briefly with my mother about an hour ago. She and my nephew are both still very ill with COVID-19.

Kathryn is making spaghetti.

Last night we watched Bob Clark's A Christmas Story (1983). Tonight we'll ( Read more... )

Another gross weather her day, as the "coldpocalypse" barrels towards us. Our high was 49˚F. We have a windchill warning for tomorrow night, a hard-freeze warning for tomorrow night into Christmas Day, and we have Wind Chill Advisory Friday and Saturday. But we are told that as soon as this cold front passes through, our temperatures will return to ( Read more... )

A miserable weather day. Overcast, rain, and a high of only 44˚F. The low last night was 41˚F. The real cold weather is yet to come ( Read more... )