Archives for “weather”

For the past two days it’s been windy here. Not just a bit breezy, but WINDY. In the mountains and canyons, gusts up to 90 mph. On the news they showed a guy riding a skateboard and holding an umbrella, using it as a sail. And of course there are fires burning, because in Southern [...]


There are all kinds of bad weather. There are thunderstorms, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards — the list seems endless, especially if you are living through one of them. Those of you from the northeast have had a lot of bad weather lately. If you’re there now, you’re might be getting even more Humpty Dumpty Weather [...]


My dad is an amazing, intelligent, classy man. But he has one odd kick to his gallop. You can talk to my dad while he’s hard at work in his shop, interrupt him while he’s reading a book, chat him up during a golf game — heck, he doesn’t mind if you decide to tell [...]


That’s Chicago for those of you who aren’t familiar with the nicknames of some U. S. cities. I just spent four days in Chicago and various towns on the North Shore–that stretch of land north of Chicago on Lake Michigan, lovely spots all. I had a fabulous time even if it was cold, rainy, and [...]