I got new curtains today. The sun can get pretty belligerent up here under the rafters, but now man's ingenuity has defeated the cruel eye of the day-tyrant ( Read more... )

It is not a rumor. It is an actual thing someone told me.

It's snowing outside again, but it's clear that the thaw has set in. Frost, I shall miss thee.

This morning the heavens opened. Turns out there was a thunderstorm no-one had seen coming. Here's a map of all the recorded lightning strikes:


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We're in a silent movie. Everything is black and white.

"I've been cold all my life, Harry. Too many years putting on too many sweaters and not enough coal in the scuttle. Too many years when the sky did not show so much as a crack of blue on the first day of June nor a smell of hay in July nor a dry day and winter begun August 1st, year on year. I can't take it any more, Harry, I can't."
 Ray ( Read more... )

Much to my delight it's snowing again. Watching it makes my anxiety drain away, bit by bit. It's like watching an hourglass fill up in slo-mo ( Read more... )