“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves…” ~ John Muir, naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and preservationist Spring is here! We welcomed […]
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold; when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~ Charles Dickens February has come and gone with a leap and a bound. March arrived without a roar or raindrop. Unlike the saying, “March came […]
“The vast space above us – so near, and yet in many respects so far beyond our reach, so familiar, and yet so strange … the moving shapes and shifting hues of that vault which is like the floor of heaven trodden by angels … which, in indifference to its glory and beauty, we so […]
“No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied; it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.” ~ Ansel Adams Inch by inch, the rain totals have gradually accumulated over the course of the 2015-16 rain season. But at the same time, one could certainly say, “When […]
“Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod. But snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.” ~ John Muir Rain on the West Coast and record snowfall on the East Coast are the main weather stories of the week. The unabridged version for California would […]
“There is no way that we can predict the weather six months ahead, beyond giving the seasonal average.” ~ Stephen Hawking, “Black Holes and Baby Universes” Perhaps the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein, Stephen Hawking expressed his opinion on the relatively simple subject of weather in the above quotation. Many years ago, I heard […]
“Large drops of rain soon began to fall and, as the storm-clouds came sailing onward, others supplied the void they left behind and spread over the sky.” – Charles Dickens, “Old Curiosity Shop” So at last … With the new year, the much anticipated El Niño-enhanced rains arrived. Meteorologists and amateur weather watchers alike […]
“New Year’s Eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another 12 months may be noted…” ~ Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846-1916) American essayist, editor and critic The hope of a white Christmas, prompted by the […]
“Then comes the snow in its beauty, Each flake a pattern of lace That floats in the air, so gently; Then finds its own, special place.” ~ Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, “God is an Artist of Nature” (1940s) Miracles and the unexplained happen this time of year. Last Saturday, unbeknownst to the National Weather Service, […]
“Imagine being magically transported to Bedford Falls [the town in “It’s a Wonderful Life”]. The Montrose Christmas Parade would be there.” Anonymous Parade-goer The first Saturday night in December, our community comes together. Like the great animal migrations, we move. With the same ferocity of the wildebeest and caribou, our human-herd converges on Honolulu […]