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This weekend has been really hot, and it’s the kind of heat that comes with no air movement whatsoever. Naturally, this is when we ran out of water. I believe that the city water supplies are safe. I’m...
View ArticleThe End is Near
It must be. I can understand the late-season heat wave we just got through. On its own. But nothing can explain the prediction of rain for tomorrow. This is not January. And when you put late-season...
View ArticleThis Post Probably Won’t Get A Lot of Views
Because, really, how many people want to read about someone’s vasomotor rhinitis? All my life, I’ve had lousy sinuses. I cannot remember a time when I didn’t have to have a box of Kleenex next to my...
View ArticleRain, Rain, Go Away
Actually, I like the rain, except when I have to commute in it. But I do think that the rain predicted for today and Sunday is going to put a damper (that only sounds like a pun) on our usual …...
View ArticleRain!
Yesterday we got our first real taste of fall and winter. Baguette loved every minute of it. At one point, she even brought the umbrella inside. But it was already open, so no bad luck there. I assume....
View ArticleThankful Thursday: Climate
Our heater is out, and after Mr. Sandwich replaced the old thermostat with the new one, it turned out that (a) we’ll need to paint the hallway, and (b) the problem was [drumroll please!] not the...
View ArticleUpdate: So, About That Heater
It’s been red-tagged. That means it’s not just stupid to use it (carbon monoxide poisoning, I’m looking at you), but illegal. We’ve gotten one estimate on replacement and are trying to get some...
View ArticleThankful Thursday
Looking back, it’s clear that weather is on my mind a lot this November–all but one of my Thankful Thursdays have been related to that topic! And since we’re having a grey, rainy spell here in sunny...
View ArticleUpdate: We Have Heat!
This update is very out of date; we’ve had heat for about 6 weeks. But then there were the holidays, and Baguette got sick, and I got sick, and then work started, and that’s just how it goes. So,...
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