Tag: writing
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Milky Sky Day

A cool, milky sky day. There’s a stiff breeze out of the south, bringing in warmer temperatures and the threat of a passing very brief shower. By Indigenous Day we should receive some rain from the remnants of this season’s lone hurricane. The sun has moved quite far south in the time we’ve been here,…
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Early October

We awoke to clear skies after an evening of rain. At breakfast, more cloud came in, then left, so that now the sky is a vast open blue. It’s cool but hardly cold. Still, we keep the doors and windows closed until the air warms, much to the consternation of Nori the Cat. On Saturday…
Michael Watson PhD
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Mid-September

We awoke to Nori the cat wanting doors and windows open, in the window behind her a rich blue sky with just a hint of high, thin cloudiness. The air was noticeably warmer and more humid than yesterday, yet held fast to an autumnal touch. After an early start to fall color, we have been…
Michael Watson PhD
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Blizzard

A bright, sunlit morning following THE storm. Yesterday was wild. We awoke to an all out blizzard and maybe a foot of snow that had fallen overnight. By nightfall we had at least 37 inches. At times during the day the wind approached 60 mph. The snow was very heavy and wet, sticking to every…