This is a dark, rainy morning. Tornado warnings are out for parts of Oklahoma. Yesterday, parts of Texas experienced some pretty wicked storms. Usually, I wake up to the sound of doves calling, robins chirping, and the neighborhood woodpecker drumming out his breakfast of bugs. But not this morning. This morning I woke to the […]
May 20, 2025
Wicked Weather
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I’ve never seen such a wicked hailstorm as there was Sunday night. It wasn’t just a gentle rattle or two, but hunks of ice that mingled with a carpet of leaves blown off trees until leaves and hail covered the ground and the street. Sara, Nemo, and I spent part of the night in the […]
Apr 17, 2025
Wind and Weather
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The wind is blowing this morning, setting the grape vine on the porch swinging. Maybe it’s blowing in the change of weather for this weekend. Saturday and Sunday are forecast to be stormy. Weather fascinates me, whether it is rainy and stormy or cold and snowy. In each of my books, weather plays an important […]
Apr 14, 2025
Mid-April
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Can it really almost be the middle of April! After a windy yesterday, this morning is calm and quiet. Not a leaf blowing on the trees and the sky is over-cast. It was slightly over-cast last night as Dawn and I drove out to see the beautiful, pink moon rise. We didn’t find the moon, […]
Apr 5, 2025
Rainy Morning
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Lightning shivers across the the room and rain pounds harder. How much rain have we had this week? I’m not sure because my rain gauge broke and I haven’t yet replaced it. We’ve had a lot of rain and I’m grateful. And, true to April’s whimsical nature, there is a possibility of snow, Sunday. The […]
