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Snow Today, Gone Tomorrow.

I woke up to three inches of snow this morning. This afternoon it started melting. By tomorrow afternoon, it will melt away. The forecast calls for spring temperatures to stick around.

We got a surprise dusting of snow last night. It’s not even noon but it’s gone already. My pond could use a good six to eight inch snowfall with a slow melt. Not likely to happen this year. According to droughtmonitor.unl.edu my land is on the border between moderate and severe drought. Thanksgiving Day itContinue reading “More Dusting”

Supply Chain Woes

Living in rural Kansas, we have not had as many empty shelves as the large cities. All but the poorest have large pantries and have been drawing down their stocks when something they need is not available. People are thinking ” Do I really need that?” when they see the price increases. They are alsoContinue reading “Supply Chain Woes”

Happy Days Are Here

Today ends Persephone Days. With exactly 10 hours between sunrise and sunset, plants will begin to grow again if they were not killed by frost. Some of my radishes have survived along with some salad greens. With temperatures going up this weekend, I may even be able to take the covers off the beds forContinue reading “Happy Days Are Here”

Bad Timing

Schools in every part of Kansas are going to remote learning this week, although not every school is. They are allowed five days thie year and most are choosing to go remote now to take advantage of Monday’s MLK holiday. Some smaller districts have stopped playing games due to lack of players. Surprisingly, those thatContinue reading “Bad Timing”

Dodging Bullets

In the last months we have had light dustings of dry snow. In each case the east coast got a major traffic delaying storm the next day. Glad I live here.

Local Schools Close

Schools in the county are going to remote learning this week. At least the kids are off tomorrow because of the MLK holiday.

Dusting

We got just enough snow to cover the ground today and just enough cold to kill a few bugs, Tomorrow back to normal weather which gets just cold enough for frost.

Omicron Has Landed

The latest WuFlu variant has arrived. Several high school basketball games have been postponed and most of the rest are requiring masks for spectators. Hospitals are nearing capacity. This is not due to a lack of beds, but because of staffing shortages.

Layoff, Two Years Later

Two years ago today, I got laid off at work. Two years before that, the company sold our division. I was going to get an extra day of vacation that year and an extra week the next year. I lost that as a result of the sale along with all of my personal days, twoContinue reading “Layoff, Two Years Later”