Autumn and Denial
I’ve often said I hate fall. That’s not exactly true: I love the first part of fall, when the temperatures are reasonable and the colors are glorious. If that was immediately followed by spring, I’d […]
Tag: weather
BREAKING WEATHER ALERT: Seattle Braces for Extremely Mild, Pleasant July Weather
We interrupt your regular TV programming for the following special emergency weather alert. ANCHOR ANITA SCOOP: Good evening. We interrupt your regularly scheduled rerun of Seattle’s Rainiest Moments for continuing coverage of what meteorologists are […]
Twisted Twisters, or: Breaking Wind
Some say the best advice when it comes to tornadoes is to keep your insurance paid up and update your will. My advice is just as simple: At the beginning of March, dig a big […]
So, I Set Fire to My Snowblower
If you’ve followed me long enough, you’ve probably heard of the Infamous Exploding Lawn Mower Incident. But probably not–it happened a very long time ago, when my main social media was LiveJournal. Maybe I’ll track […]
An Ode to Odious Winter
As months go by and seasons change We watch the outside rearrange Nature knows a change is due, And it’s not hard to see a clue Like puppies frozen to a tree While going […]
Winterizing: Not For the Weak
It can be nice to sit in our house and let the summer breeze blow past. Or, to get even more breeze, we could open the windows. My house leaks like a Washington insider. Over […]
SPARKS BRIEF: Category 5 Insanity
Washington, DC – Watch out for a series of Category 5 hurricanes headed for battleground states on election day—November 5. This is what Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert have been telling their colleagues in […]
