Last Sunday, I sat in two different places in church.  For the morning service, there was my favorite pew, perfect for two people—three, if they know one another well–on the left side, near the front, surrounded by familiar people sitting in their favorite pews.  It’s comfortable there, and I can see the organist’s hands and… Continue reading Walk in the Light

Opening the door for the morning dog walk today, I called to my husband, “I’m wearing sunglasses.”      “Okay,” he answered.  “Good luck.”      It felt a bit like derring-do, after all the grey days we’ve had recently, but it worked out all right.  True, clouds came to cover most of the sky while Rascal… Continue reading Winter Sun

Dave Rexroth, chief meteorologist for Channel 7 Action News, has made the announcement:  January 2024 was the wettest January since Michigan started keeping track of such things.  The Big Wet arrived in many forms.  Snow.  Rain.  Freezing rain.  Sleet.  What exactly is the difference between freezing rain and sleet?  Freezing rain is when raindrops don’t… Continue reading Wintry Mix

Crunching along through the snow and ice with the dog, a couple days ago, I was startled by the sight of two red-bellied woodpeckers falling into the snow almost at our feet.  They were “at” each other and too busy to notice us right away.  This gave us a chance to watch the show—two long-billed,… Continue reading Birds and Boats

Six below and windy.  Yikes!  We’ve been having quite the winter weather.  The last week has been a good one for staying indoors.  Or so I hear.  Rascal himself never checks the thermometer.  No number that might appear there would present an obstacle to his outdoor perambulations.  His built-in fur coat keeps the cold off… Continue reading Weather-Advisory Weather

This is more like it.   It snowed last night.  The moment you opened your eyes this morning, you could tell there was snow on the ground.  You didn’t need to get up and look out a window to tell, because the world is so bright.  Reflecting off all that snow on the ground.  Ahh.     … Continue reading Good Snow

     Quite unexpectedly, my husband got 2024 off to an auspicious start on New Year’s Day.  Having decided on scrambled eggs for breakfast, he selected a couple of jumbos from the carton, and cracked them into a bowl.  Then he called me over to look.  Both the eggs had double yolks.  I thought maybe he’d… Continue reading New Year

This year brought us new understanding of a white Christmas.  We had one.  There just wasn’t any snow.  The whiteness was fog, thickened occasionally by drizzle.  The weather was quite pretty, in a muffled, damp sort of way that didn’t involve the creating of any snowman, or any sledding or skating.  Christmas lights, and Christmas… Continue reading Outro

There’s such thin ice on the water in the little no-name pond north of us that little dots of open water perforate it.  A breeze ruffled the dots as the dog and I walked past the pond this morning, causing the ice to undulate with the water.  It was quite wonderful to see, and we… Continue reading Merry Christmas

     My husband had an errand to run across town this morning and suggested he drop the dog and me off at Gallup Park for a walk, then collect us again on his way home.  Terrific idea.  Inspired.  The weather was bright and sunny and not too cold—perfect for a stroll around Gallup Park.     … Continue reading Gallup