“No person has the right to rain on your dreams.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. The Santa Ana winds have dominated the weather picture for the past week with clear skies and low humidity. The first long weekend of 2014 – the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. – begins Saturday. If present conditions remain […]
“I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there’s a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us. ~ Alice Hoffman, American novelist It seemed Christmas passed as quickly […]
Someone told me long ago “There’s a calm before the storm” I know. It’s been comin’ for some time. When it’s over, so they say, It’ll rain on a sunny day… …I want to know, have you ever seen the rain Comin’ down on a sunny day? ~ Written by John Fogerty, performed by Creedence […]
The Twelve Days of Christmas Crescenta Valley Version On the 1st day of Christmas, our foothills gave to me, A Common House Sparrow in an oak tree. On the 2nd day of Christmas, our foothills gave to me, Two Mourning Doves, drinking from our pool. On the 3rd day of Christmas, the foothills gave to […]
“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night.” ~ King James Bible- Luke 2:8 Christmas cards and music often suggest Joseph and Mary traveling through the wintry snow. With miraculous birth imminent, a donkey carried Mary into Bethlehem. As the weary couple finally reached […]
“Out of sight above the house, the mirror moon reflected the sun of a day not dawned, shining the pale light of tomorrow on a yard and on the birches.” ~ Dean Koontz, American author The last weeks of December are upon us. A calendar was not necessary to mark winter’s approach. The weather […]
“Clouds mostly over the mountains. Visibility good.” Honolulu weather report Dec. 7, 1941 at 7:40 a.m. Clear weather conditions allowed fighter planes to hit their targets, leading to America’s involvement in World War II. Former director of history for the U.S. Naval Institute Paul Stillwell explained the role weather played in the attack on Pearl […]
Give Thanks… For each morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food and food, For love and friends, For everything thy goodness sends. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson The sun rises on Thanksgiving Day at 6:38 a.m. High pressure off the California coast, as the week began, kept the […]
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storms, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Bengali poet, philosopher, artist, composer and Nobel laureate This quotation accurately describes feelings during a time of drought, most likely reflecting the weather and climate of India. But it […]
“Mule train: clippetty-clopping along the mountain chain. Seems as though they’re gonna reach the top. Mule train: clippetty-clopping through the wind and rain. … Get along mule, get along.” ~ “Mule Train” by Frankie Laine, 1949 Sung by Gene Autry in the movie “Mule Train,” 1950 “100 Mules Walking the L.A. Aqueduct” arrived just in […]