About the time we were getting ready for bed Thursday night, we began to hear thunder rumbling and then rain coming down. Within an hour or so the thunder had stopped, but the rain continued on and off all night long. The sky was still very overcast when we woke up yesterday morning, and it […]
There’s a lot to love about the monsoon season here in Arizona’s White Mountains. First and foremost, we definitely need the moisture. The forest is parched, and the drought doesn’t seem to be letting up anytime soon. It’s also a big help to Terry’s outside raised garden beds and to the clover that I’ve been […]
We are bracing for several rounds of severe storms starting tonight and lasting through Sunday morning. The weatherman says we can expect golf ball sized hail, heavy rain, thunderstorms, and the very real possibility of long-track tornadoes. It sounds like it might get ugly. In the two years we’ve been here, we’ve never had to […]
I’m back with more questions from blog readers about my writing activities, what’s happening in our lives, and all kinds of other things. While I try to answer all questions individually, I also share some here occasionally. Q. I’m glad you guys got home before Hurricane Helene hit, but I’m curious if you know how […]
While most of my time has been spent finishing my new book, The War Years, there is more to our lives than just writing and editing, believe it or not. It was time for the cats to get their annual shots, so the other day we took them to Western Alabama Animal Hospital in Carrollton, […]
In yesterday’s blog I told you we had storms two days in a row, and that as I wrote the blog about 11 PM the power was off. About midnight it came back on, and our generator automatically shut down like it’s supposed to. But then a couple of minutes after midnight the power went […]
While we have been fortunate not to be hit with any of the terrible weather that Texas and the Midwest have been experiencing lately, for the next week or so we are supposed to have some thunderstorms. A big one came through yesterday evening, with driving rain and lots of thunder and lightning, knocking the […]
I was up earlier than normal yesterday because I had a busy day ahead of me. We had had rain and thunderstorms during the night, and when I took Alli outside, it was pleasant sitting on the front porch. After the requisite process of throwing balls for her to retrieve and her going potty, I […]
I’m sure glad we got all of our mowing done on Saturday, because all day yesterday we had a series of thunderstorms, with lots of lightning and rain. It was definitely not a day to be working outside! As seems to happen every time we have a bad storm, our T-Mobile internet hotspot went out […]
It was not quite as cold yesterday, though that’s not to say we were under a heatwave. After an overnight low of 25 degrees it climbed up to 57 by the afternoon, with winds in the 10 miles per hour range. And wonder of wonders, the sky was blue and there was no rain! We […]
No, I’m not talking about the kind of pigeons you eat. They are called squab, and I’ve never had that dubious pleasure. I’m referring to clay pigeons, which are targets used in trap shooting. I mentioned a while back that I couldn’t find any locally and I wanted to get some before we went to […]
The long-awaited and much-anticipated rocket launch from Cape Canaveral carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station was scheduled to lift off at 4:33 yesterday afternoon. But as it turns out, that bird didn’t fly. About twenty minutes before its scheduled liftoff, the launch was scrubbed. That didn’t surprise us since we had been having […]
Another strong round of thunderstorms came through the area yesterday, which cooled things down a bit but made it impossible to do anything outside. But that’s okay, I had plenty to do to keep me busy inside. I spent much of the day writing and knocked out a little over 5,000 words in my new […]
We really needed some down time to catch our breath and rest up after our trip from Arizona and then vending at Escapade. The only problem with down time is that it doesn’t take too much of it before I get bored. As much as I try to shed my Type A habits (and I’m […]