When is it going to stop raining? The summer had a fine start up until July rolled in and it’s been raining ever since. The way things have been going weather wise over the last 40 days or so I’m just hoping I’ll get one final chance to mow the lawn before the snow flies. [...] Read more »
We’re in the middle of a severe thunderstorm and Tornado watch here in the Northeast Kingdom (a Tornado Watch in Vermont?) believe it or not and during as the very beginnings of the line of storms preceding a rather large cold front hit the Newport area, we got slammed with a huge amount of wind. [...] Read more »
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Gah! It’s been gray and rainy for the last two days now and it’s enough to drive a semi-sane man into a hot shower on a permanent basis or at least for several hours. Either that or a nap until the sun comes out. Guess I was spoiled by an exceptionally warm April.
On top of [...] Read more »
Continue reading about Dark and Dreary, A New Moon and Related Matter.
Is there a recession in progress? Nah…what makes you think that?
Shortly after 8 a.m., the Fed announced yet another measure meant to unlock the struggling credit markets. At 8:30, the Labor Department released the unexpectedly poor jobs report. Almost immediately, the economists at JPMorgan Chase — who only last week had told clients they thought [...] Read more »
The Northeast Kingdom is looking forward to a two day snow storm beginning around 10:00 AM this morning and guess where my better half is right now? About 2 hours south of here attempting to take care of the usual quilt shop business that springs up around this time of the year (first sign that [...] Read more »
Man, it’s been a snowy winter so far. Seems like every other day we’re out with the shovel moving the ridge of ice and snow that the [insert nasty word here] sidewalk plow leaves across our driveway every time a flake falls out of the sky or like the last three days, running the snow [...] Read more »
Yes folks, Punxsutawney Phil was yanked out of cozy burrow in his tree stump, saw his shadow and jumped back in, slamming the door behind him so it looks like six more weeks of winter are upon us. Up here in the Northeast Kingdom we kind of take that for granted anyway but I’m [...] Read more »
Continue reading about Punxsutawney Phil Sees His Shadow. No Early Spring for us then.
Will there be six more weeks of winter or not this year? The answer is up in the air as the forecast for Punxsutawney, PA is either going to be cloudy, mostly cloudy, partly cloudy or mostly sunny depending on which weather service you’re looking at. Much like the weather we’ve been experiencing so [...] Read more »
Continue reading about Punxsutawney, PA. Weather Iffy for Feb. 2nd
