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A Change in the Weather
Twin Cities weather report: Mild, calm, dry weather has been the norm lately, although—looking back over the whole season—the expected rain has come. But we’re definitely not out of the drought. The...
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Mild / Dry – Chilly / Wet
Twin Cities weather report: The ground is only covered with thin patches of snow remaining from the squall that came through five days ago, and the worrisome drought appears set to continue through the...
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Best Crop Yet
It was the best of times on the southern plains, but little did those on the scene have any inkling that it was shortly to turn into the worst of times. The spring of 1929 saw the harvest of the “best...
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What About Spring?
Twin Cities ephemera: The sky has cleared, mostly, after a day and a half of on-, off- and on-again snowfall—about eight inches in my backyard, officially nine at the airport. It’s the second biggest...
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Dry Again
Twin Cities ephemera: A warm, cloudy, muggy day follows last night’s bright Full Moon in a hazy sky that illuminated two pale moonflower blossoms. They provided another instance of an increasingly...
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Heat Spike?
Twin Cities ephemera: It’s a murky morning, with thunderstorms passing out of sight and sound to the north, but with an occasional peculiar breeze wafting through the window. Last night, a steady...
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Autumn 2013 Overview
Outline of weather for the season in the upper Mississippi River basin: Autumn 2013 The season overall can be expected to be somewhat wetter than the summer (which is not saying much, as drought...
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Interesting Times
Twin Cities ephemera: The incessant Alberta Clippers are taking a more southerly track this week, affording me the luxury of a respite from shoveling through the pile of snow that the city plow keeps...
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The Mars Effect
Twin Cities ephemera: It’s day two of a major meltdown here. The air is amazingly mild out there in the sun, considering that there’s still plenty of snow covering every horizontal surface except for...
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The Rains in the Plains
Twin Cities ephemera: The season’s pattern of wet chill has shifted to above-average temperature in the past few days. The jack-in-the-pulpit plants–many of them–have erupted out of the ground, though...
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Forecast: Spring 2015
Twin Cities ephemera: Barely an inch of snow covers the ground (ice covers many pavements since the “Mercury-station storm”) — compared to a foot or more a year ago. The snow labyrinth I stamped out in...
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Equinox Epicenter
Twin Cities ephemera: It’s yet another cloudy, chilly, although so far not breezy, day. At least I got myself outside for the seven a.m. look at the precipitation gauge, and was rewarded with a glimpse...
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May Day May Day
Twin Cities ephemera: It’s freaky dry out there, for the end of April. Since I started “seriously” endeavoring to grow fruit, vegetables and herbs, this is the first time I can recall using collected...
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Taraxacumusic
Twin Cities ephemera: The rain is still falling as I begin this report, so I won’t include it, though it’s definitely over an inch since this morning. I’m nothing short of amazed at the amount of rain...
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Forecast: Spring 2015
Twin Cities ephemera: Barely an inch of snow covers the ground (ice covers many pavements since the “Mercury-station storm”) — compared to a foot or more a year ago. The snow labyrinth I stamped out in...
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Equinox Epicenter
Twin Cities ephemera: It’s yet another cloudy, chilly, although so far not breezy, day. At least I got myself outside for the seven a.m. look at the precipitation gauge, and was rewarded with a glimpse...
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May Day May Day
Twin Cities ephemera: It’s freaky dry out there, for the end of April. Since I started “seriously” endeavoring to grow fruit, vegetables and herbs, this is the first time I can recall using collected...
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Taraxacumusic
Twin Cities ephemera: The rain is still falling as I begin this report, so I won’t include it, though it’s definitely over an inch since this morning. I’m nothing short of amazed at the amount of rain...
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Hard Rains
Twin Cities ephemera: It was yet another gloriously sunny, mild day–well-suited to starting the process of finding my roots again. After just a few hours sleep, some mysterious internal switch flicked...
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Kaleidoscopic Journey
Twin Cities ephemera: Appropriately, to emphasis the contrasts, a rainstorm welcomed us back from our two weeks as far away as Santa Fe. And to emphasize the continuing weather weirding, our home...
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