“Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.” ~ John Muir On Wednesday afternoon at 2:58, the Vernal (from the Latin word for spring-ver) Equinox occurred. Not a minute before or after; it is a specific and brief moment in time. Simply put, today is the first full day of spring. Looking at the calendar […]
“Water is the moving force of all nature.” ~ Leonardo Di Vinci Is California Free from Drought After Wet Winter? As the wet winter flows into spring, the 2018-19 rainy season is expected to continue changing California’s drought map. Yes, the prolonged rain flooded many areas that not so long ago were left barren from […]
“The rain is falling all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson, “A Child’s Garden of Verses” Yes, last week brought us some good old fashioned rain! Remember back in elementary school? It seemed to rain at least three […]
“You can swim (uncomfortably) in water at a temperature slightly above freezing; a tiny drop in temperature – or a miracle – allows you to walk on water.” ~ Craig F. Bohren and Bruce A. Albrecht, “Statistical and Thermal Physics” (2003), 273. Yes, it has been cold and, I can assure you, “I have not […]
“Year’s end comes on the wings of a chattering jay and a cawing crow, and a wind that rustles the sere oak leaves in the star-glimmered night. The jay chatters of short Winter days, and the crow caws of the long Winter nights. And the wind’s song is the song of time, of the years, […]
“It had been gradually getting overcast, and now the sky was dark and lowering … 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 all the sky.” […]
“Nobody can be in good health if he does not have all the time fresh air, sunshine and good water.” ~ Chief Flying Hawk, 1854 Why do you live in the Crescenta Valley? The reasons are varied. Nowadays, the driving force seems to be our schools. Another often overlooked reason is the climate; by […]
“Tell me what’s more beautiful; how the moon lets the sun shine throughout the day or the way the sun lets the moon glimmer at night?” ~ “s.b.” Sabrina, 19-year-old Canadian poet An unexpected shift in the wind blew the validity right out of last week’s forecast. Weather in the Foothills predicted a cooling marine […]
“Old theatres are irreplaceable. They could never be duplicated at today’s costs – but more importantly, their spirit could not be duplicated because they remind us of a day when going to the show was a more glorious and escapist experience. I think a town’s old theatres are the sanctuary of its dreams.” ~ Roger […]
“It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn’t hear the barbarians coming.”~ Garrison Keillor, American writer and broadcaster It was hot! Last Friday – July 6 – temperatures across the Crescenta Valley soared to 117 degrees. This day became “one for the […]