Monthly Archives: February 2018

Yesterday’s post was about euphemisms for dying. It reminded me of Life Itself: A Memoir by Roger Ebert, which he wrote while he was dying of cancer. The part I liked best was, I believe that if, at the end, … Continue reading →

Andy is being treated for macular degeneration, and it’s responding to treatment but there was some concern at first if it would affect his driving up to the land. He renewed his license last Friday and had no problem passing … Continue reading →

I recently read Five Reasons Why Freezing Rain Really Is The Worst about freezing rain and black ice. Black ice is a thin coat of highly transparent ice. …it blends in with road pavements since it is so thin, making … Continue reading →

The Tiger Woods of a different time may very well have walked off the Champions course at PGA National on Saturday in a foul mood, annoyed at the opportunities missed and the mistakes made. There were all those birdie putts … Continue reading →

Rummuser has just written about battles over water. That’s been a big issue in the history of the Southwest. Right now Texas is suing New Mexico and Colorado for using too much water from the Rio Grande, and a big … Continue reading →

It snowed about 4 to 6 inches down here, 8 to 10 up on the land, so Andy had to plow. Andy had to plow for the first, and hopefully last, time this winter. That’s unusual! February 23, 2018  

It snowed last night, and I took this picture just in case it melted today. In fact, it barely got above freezing, so the snow stayed. Which meant I had to clean off the car (the white one in the … Continue reading →

For the Chinese this is the Year of the Dog. For Tempi and Sammy, every year is the Year of the Dog. February 21, 2018  

We had some rain and hail yesterday! How cool is that! Andy said they didn’t get as much precipitation up on the land as we did down here. It was more cold and windy, which means he had a couple … Continue reading →

From Florida to California, the nation’s flirtation with electronic voting is on the rocks. More and more states and counties are reverting to paper ballots fed through optical scanners because of problems — some real, some perceived — with machines … Continue reading →