What do you think? Is it time for me to get a boat? Nah. The rain will end, so I’ll just keep whining — er, I mean, writing about it. That’s my “driveway” right outside my gate. Considering it’s been puddly in that spot for weeks now, there’s gotta be… Continue reading
Today is Groundhog Day. Um… I’ve never understood the logic of the groundhog/winter forecast thing. If the groundhog sees its shadow there will be six more weeks of winter but if it doesn’t, spring comes early. You’d think it would be the other way around. We are fully overcast here… Continue reading
Autumn’s my favorite time of year, but only if I’m outside enjoying it. I try to haul myself away from the computer but things just pile up. November is NaNoWriMo and I’m way behind this year. Had a time-out for a week due to eye issues. It was scheduled, but… Continue reading
Yes, it’s that time already. The winding-down time. Equinox, the elusive point on the calendar when we tip over into autumn. When nights grows longer than days. When it’s time to harvest what has been so carefully grown, and then to can, freeze, dry, and otherwise store foodstuff and supplies… Continue reading
I don’t like truck adventures. This is not to say I don’t like adventures that trucks are used in. I just don’t like adventures about trucks. Last blog post I wrote about floods. Today I’m blogging about what happens after floods. Namely, mud. Um. And complications. TUESDAY: About mud Mud… Continue reading
As Robert Plant sang so poignantly in Led Zeppelin’s The Rain Song, “This is the mystery of the quotient. Upon us all a little rain must fall.” (album: Houses of the Holy, 1973) He was full of it, of course. He should have been singing, “When it rains, it pours.”… Continue reading
I’m going to talk about blister beetles, but I want you know know that problems of this kind start well before the first beetle arrives in my yard. It starts in January. You know what I mean. That’s when the pushers start showing up, the ones who have learned our… Continue reading
Five things about Life with Lif that the major networks haven’t picked up on yet (that’s a joke, OK?) 1. Sometimes a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do And in my case, it means I succumbed to temptation and bought a package of Wiley Wallaby Soft & Chewy… Continue reading
Dexter K Oliver reveals some shocking truths about the Mexican wolf program in a recent editorial, Wolves Behind The Scene. He exposes the rotten program as “a complete breach of public trust and scientific rigor”. Over 21 years time the program has sucked up tens of millions of taxpayer dollars. Oliver,… Continue reading
Here in the Southwest we usually have very low humidity, which means our air is extraordinarily clear. Being able to see mountains 50 and more miles away is common. This also means that visibility can be used to assess air quality by anyone, as long as you have an idea how far… Continue reading