“The wind outside nested in each tree, prowled the sidewalks in invisible tread like unseen cats. Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows’ Eve. Everything seemed cut from soft black velvet…” Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree Last […]
“Water … has the power to move millions of people. Since the very birth of human civilization, people have moved to settle close to it. People move when there is too little of it … People move when there is too much … People fight over it. And all people, everywhere and every day, need […]
“In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.” ~ Clint Eastwood Oct. 9 was Walk to School Day. Remember when every day was walk to school day? A special occasion – a birthday or a broken leg – might provide a “ride to school day.” Weather might get you an […]
“Winter is an etching, Spring a watercolor, Summer an oil painting, And Autumn is a mosaic of them all.” ~ Stanley Horowitz Autumn arrived in classic beauty. On Sunday, its first day, a cool breeze swept the skies clear, revealing a blue only seen at this time of year. Foliage, although dry from summer, is […]
“That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air. … Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning…” ~Wallace Stegner, 1909-1993 American writer, historian & environmentalist On Sept. 22 at 1:44 p.m. PDT arrives the […]
“The World’s Largest Thermometer rises out of the desert, reminding travelers they have air conditioning for a reason.” ~ Statement from World’s Largest Things, Inc. Our thermometer is watched with more regularity than TV, especially during the final and hottest days of summer. May I also add unpredictable, as current temperatures display? Coastal fog moved […]
“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.” ~ Jane Austen I was optimistic about the heat (or lack of) this summer. Yes, June and July, and even into August, we experienced some hot days but nights remained cool. School is back in session, bathing suits have been […]
“Truly it may be said that the outside of a mountain is good for the inside of man.” ~ George Wherry, “Alpine Notes and the Climbing Foot,” 1856 Friday night at the movies – “Breakfast At Tiffany’s.” We watched the 1961 classic film at the former location of the old Montrose Theatre, now the parking […]
“The trouble with weather forecasting is that it’s right too often for us to ignore it And wrong too often for us to rely on it.” – Patrick Young Temperatures climbed toward 100 degrees last weekend. You may recall, according to Weather in The Foothills, daytime highs were predicted to be in the mid 80s. […]
“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco” ~ often credited to Mark Twain Saturday afternoon found us in Humboldt County, northern California dropping our son off for his senior (and final!) year at Humboldt State University. While mixing the business of back-to-school with pleasure, we discovered Fern Canyon located up […]