Summer vacations revisited
Hey remember the link round-up I did last summer collecting up a bunch of your summer vacation blog posts? Now that we are firmly entrenched in the deep freeze I thought it might be fun to see what everyone was up to back when it was 80+ degrees hotter than it is now.
Joel - have [...]
White Christmas came early
We got off early from work today because of the bad weather, but when I got home it was looking absolutely beautiful. I love this kind of snow, and for some reason it really cheered me up today! This is the view in my backyard.
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Katrina second anniversary brings attack on ACOE incompetence; was 1993 an omen?
During the floods here in 1993, there was speculation that the Army Corps of Engineers had purposely allowed the temporary levee at Sixth Avenue to fail, flooding the surrounding working-class neighborhood around North High School and Birdland Park because it would prevent extensive damage in the downtown area. (I’m pretty sure companies like Wells Fargo [...]
Let’s talk about this Iowa weather!
You know the old adage, “If you don’t like Iowa’s weather, just wait a day - it’ll change”? This week - compared to last weekend - is just what they’re talking about (whoever “they” are)!
Ninety-eight in the shade the entire weekend I spent at the Fairgrounds, but upper 70’s during the work week! LOL
Seriously, did [...]
Keep your cool without air conditioning!
I’ll admit it, I’m spoiled. While this year we managed to wait until well into June before turning on the air conditioning, I can’t recall living in a house without it - except for about 8 months back in 1989. And yes, they were the hot months. I remember that one of the ways we used [...]
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