Category: Nature
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Weaponizing Fire
Ah, Monday. Yesterday was record warm and windy; Saturday was just record warm. Today is seasonably cool and dark, thick cloud blocking much of January’s wan sunlight. The weekend was not just record warm. In much of New England temperatures were six or seven degrees above the old records for the date. This, probably inevitably,…
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Fire Weather: Australia
A cool, windy day, sometimes sun drenched, other times gloomy. A day typical of dry days the winter thus far, a year when the cold is locked away out west leaving us warm and wet. The El Nino that is in large part driving our weather is also bringing extreme heat, drought, and brush fires…
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Approaching the Solstice
Snow falling all morning, then cleared suddenly revealing bright sun and deep blue skies. We are more than a week away from the solstice still. Here in the northern hemisphere the December dark falls early, especially in stormy weather. Down in the village holiday lights are on full dis[ply, dramatically outlining most of the houses…
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Silence
A bright, cold morning. Most of the snow and ice have melted away and we shall have rain and warmth tomorrow. Today is the second Sunday of Advent and we are reminded that even in very difficult times there is hope.
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