by Jim Stitzel | Dec 6, 2007 | General
Well, I suppose winter is finally here, even though the actual equinox doesn’t occur for a couple of weeks yet. We had our first snowfall yesterday, accumulating somewhere between 3 and 4 inches, and the temps last night dropped down to a frigid zero degrees. On...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 22, 2007 | Asides
I’ve been offline since Sunday evening, due to another fried DSL modem, courtesy of a local lightning strike. So, I just quickly scanned through nearly 600 new items in Google Reader. Anything longer than 3 lines didn’t even get more than a glimpse, and...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 25, 2007 | General
So, very early this past Friday morning, a major thunderstorm rolls through my area. A very loud SNAP wakes me just in time to notice the power die throughout the house for about 5 seconds. Now, since we have horses, whenever one of these thunder-busters rolls...
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 21, 2007 | Asides
I love this weather! If you need me, I’ll be out drilling fencepost holes for an arena.
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 13, 2007 | General
Where the heck is all the spring weather? We had a couple of weeks there at the end of March with absolutely gorgeous days and record highs. I had high hopes that we’d seen the end of winter’s grip. But now we’re back into February- and March-like...