After several gloomy days — pea soup fog, chilly drizzle, even a thunderstorm — today felt like a day in May. Bright, warm, sunny. The tree in front of my apartment looks like it’s ready to bust open. I threw down some grass seed on the dying lawn in front of my apartment. Last summerContinue reading “The Last of the Melting Snow”
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A World Gone Pink
I looked up from my computer in the living room yesterday and looked out the window. Through the curtains, things looked a bit weird. I opened the door. It was close to sunset. It was snowing lightly. And the world had gone pink. My phone was close at hand, but my shoes were not. ByContinue reading “A World Gone Pink”
Snow Squall!
I was in the kitchen, when I heard a howl of wind outside. “Well, that’s interesting!” I thought. I went to the door, opened it, looked outside… There was a frumious snow squall! It was over within five minutes and the skies cleared off. I guess this is the expected cold front coming through. There’sContinue reading “Snow Squall!”
A Cold Start to the Year
I didn’t make it to midnight to see the stake put through 2025’s cold, black heart. I fell asleep about 9, while listening to Hot Jazz New Year’s Eve on WAMU, and woke at 11 to Fred Astaire singing “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.” I turned it off, turned off the lights, andContinue reading “A Cold Start to the Year”
The First Snow of the Season
I called my mom on Thursday for Thanksgiving. She wanted to know how much snow I had on the ground. “None,” I said. It had been sixty degrees a day or two before. “But if I’m remembering correctly, it looks like there’s a chance of snow early next week. Monday or Tuesday.” Today is Sunday.Continue reading “The First Snow of the Season”
An Unexpected Snow
I don’t believe this was in the forecast for today… First snow of the season! It turned to slush by afternoon, and it will be in the fifties by mid-week. Still, the snow made feel a little less weird about ordering Norah Jones’ Christmas album yesterday, which I hadn’t even known about until Christmas weekend…
A Frumious Snow
Pennsylvania has been blasted with snow since yesterday. The forecast had called for anywhere between 8 and 24 inches of snow, and I think the total came in closer to the lower end of that spectrum. I cleared the sidewalk this morning, then cleared my car. Then it started to sleet and another phase ofContinue reading “A Frumious Snow”
Snow Day! (Sort Of)
We had our first snowfall of the year in Pennsylvania today. It started off with a wintry mix… …before changing over to all snow noon-ish… …but accumulation was nil. It was just a hair too warm, the ground was wet, and the result was a sloppy slushy mess. It stopped about three, and by 4:30Continue reading “Snow Day! (Sort Of)”
Half a Snow Day
I was not expecting the office to close at 2 o’clock today. That’s just not the sort of thing that’s done. And when I pulled out of the parking lot at roughly 2:15 and hit the highway, I thought to myself, ‘This doesn’t seem so bad.” The drive to Mason-Dixon Line was… well, it wasContinue reading “Half a Snow Day”
On Wishing For Winter’s End
It is official. I am tired of winter. A record-setting snowfall fell overnight Wednesday, between seven-and-a-half and eight inches. My drive home Wednesday night from the office was frought with peril; it was raining when I left the office, sleeting when I reached the interstate, snowing when I reached the Owings Mills Expressway, blizzard conditionsContinue reading “On Wishing For Winter’s End”