January 2017

  • Drat the Luck!

    Dang, yesterday was the perfect day to get the HSD out for a short romp: severe clear and 70 degrees, highly improbable for January but hey….Problem was, between attending a funeral as a member of the choir, followed by lunch, followed by the usual weekend household chores and an early dinner with other family members,…

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  • The Great Storm That Wasn’t…Sort Of…

    I-55 southbound earlier this weekend.  Photo: St Louis Post-Dispatch MLK Day, Monday morning and according to weather guessers the worst is past and we’re heading for close to 60 degrees today (!), in association with a lot more rain.  Amazingly enough, according to the 10-day forecast, we won’t see  freezing temps for a while. The…

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  • The Automobile As Art III

    Observed in a lot off west Manchester on 7 January. Got through some snow this week and have a three-day weekend coming up…which, from this AM’s weather reports, will definitely not provide much in the way of driving weather: ice pellets, followed by snow on Monday, oh BOY! 

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