General Blather

First snow of the season. Yay? more »

For the last few nights, our almost 2-year old puppy has been pooing in her kennel. more »

I heard that Punxsutawney Phil emerged and "saw" his shadow this morning, so by groundhog forecasting there's to be another six weeks of winter. Here, it's so foggy that it's impossible to tell there's a sky, muchless any shadows. Either way, if we hav… more »

Today marks my new personal latest day in the year riding the motorcycle. Previous best was set just last week, and the best before that was a few years ago on December 4. more »

It rained yesterday. It's raining in spurts today. It's supposed to continue raining tomorrow. Oh, and there's been spotty snow, and the temperature is such that a stiff breeze could drop it to freezing--probably permanently if history means anything.… more »

I know that it can snow as late as June in Minnesota, and that snow in April isn't terribly uncommon. It was 70 the other day! Come on, Mother Nature. Not to bring the wrath of nature, but at least the prediction is a light snow, with an inch or so st… more »

It's snowing again. Icky sleet-based, frozen pellet snow. About three inches was piled up in an icy wall against  the garage door. Just wanted to take note and remember. more »