Great night out with colleagues at the tapas restaurant and then the French bistro. It’s supposed to get very cold tomorrow, so an excuse to hide inside. At least we’re not getting the much worse storms that are hitting Scotland — take care up there! Today’s column takes up the latest cynical move to fleece…
Category: weather
Talk About the Weather
Everywhere I’ve lived people have always said, “If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute.” Even in Houston, which flabbergasted me because nine or ten months of the year it is relentlessly hot and humid with only the regular 3pm brief thunderstorm to break the hellfire monotony. It was slightly more true in Michigan,…
And Away We Go —
This is how hot it’s been: Kipper lying on his back in front of the fan, feet in the air. Undignified. I hope it’s not like this in England, but the truth is the last couple of years it has been ungodly hot. I am taking one sweater along just in case (Manchester might be…
Snow Day
An official snow day: a rarity! It’s eerily quiet around here. The only birds to be seen are the crows. The usually-busy street below my eyrie has only the occasional car. The drummer downstairs, however, is home. It was snowing quite hard yesterday morning as I walked to campus. During the short walk, here’s how…
Unexpected
Well, the most unexpected thing yesterday was the snow that fell after the weather report suggested no more than the possibility of some light rain. My first reaction was disbelief, then dismay as it continued to fall. We finally accumulated over an inch and a quarter. There’s something distressing about getting snow this early, though…
Moping and Missing Friends
The nor’easter puts the kibosh on plans for the party at Elena’s. I was so looking forward to seeing everybody tonight! I am now going to sulk and watch sad movies… once I finish grading. Bleh.
Snow Days
Well, sorry to all my students, but it appears that we will not have a snow day today, despite the snow and its continuation and the madness of the people driving and causing accidents as if snow did not fall EVERY WINTER around here! Seems that someone forgot to wear their PJs inside out (a…
At the Fair
My pal Jenise talked me into going to the fair last night; that’s one of her pictures of the fine fowl on display there. At least by the evening the heat had abated somewhat and once the sun went down, things were actually comfortable. We ran into people we knew very quickly (yes, even me!)….
Crazy Haste
The next interview will be up later today; naturally, I have all the interviews at home while I’m here on campus and running like mad today, because I plan to head down to Bard to hear Liz Hand read between my classes. I will be announcing a new writing gig later this week. I just…
K. A. Laity 