Category Archives: Weather
Encore
I had my alarm set for 4:45. However, I woke up at 4:40. In the midst of a 66° evening, the wind suddenly started howling like it did during tornado season, like God just reached over and turned on a … Continue reading
Fighting the Midwestern winter spread
It is becoming painfully clear to me why people tend to gain weight in the Midwest during the winter. First, it is cold outside and the thought of hot food is SO enticing. Honestly, who craves a salad when it … Continue reading
A Midwest roller coaster!
The Los Angeles area has at least five major amusement parks that boast about how great their roller coasters are. Here in Kansas, we don’t need no stinkin’ amusement parks with no man mad roller coasters! We’ve got the real … Continue reading
Talk about the weather
When I lived in Southern California, I must tell you that I thought that people who talked about the weather were really lame. I mean, come on… Don’t you have ANYTHING more interesting to talk about? Now that I live … Continue reading
Chasin’ tornadoes
The celebration that I am now officially one year older continued today. My wife and two youngest children took me out to dinner to celebrate my birthday at Jack Stack Barbecue. In the semi-finals of the NCAA basketball tournament, the governor … Continue reading
Honey, we’re just in time!
We climbed into the truck and began out trek to Nashville to attend a wedding this weekend. Both the bride and the groom are from families that we have known and loved for more than 25 years. In fact, my … Continue reading
It’s beginning to look a lot like…
I started unpacking some boxes yesterday. I have to tell you, even though I knew what was in the box, even though it was stuff I had used many times before, it still felt a little like Christmas with each … Continue reading
May flowers???
It’s April 12th and it is snowing here in Kansas City! April 12th! Amazing! It has to be global warming… A few weeks ago, my wife was remarking to a woman in Costco, “What’s with all of this rain?” “Well, … Continue reading
Spring has sprung
The trailer carrying our belongings arrived at the storage facility last night so that we could unload everything on Friday. I arranged this because the extended forecast indicated that Friday was the only day with no rainfall expected. I thought … Continue reading
