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Ditch The Cyrillic Alphabet

Another chilly day came and went, and what's got me the most worried, is the possibility of getting a light frost in the lowlands, and of course, I technically live in one of them. I'll be beside myse … continue reading

Posted on May 21, 2022

They Don’t Even Know Sic-‘Em

The light rainfall we were getting today, was what the farmers would always consider their "million dollar rain" because it would come down slow enough to where it would soak into the soil before crea … continue reading

Posted on May 17, 2022

National Library of Lies

It would've been a near perfect day if the wind wasn't at it again, but I guess we gotta take what's handed to us. After seeing all the farm equipment out in our fields, the farmers must be thinking t … continue reading

Posted on May 14, 2022

If It’s Free, It’s For Me

We finally had a near-windless day and loving it to the point I was finding every excuse I could to be out enjoying it. I'm sure many of our retirees were out scratching in their gardens and flower be … continue reading

Posted on May 10, 2022

36 S. Illinois Ave., Mason City, Iowa

My goodness how our weather did another 180 degree turn today. Wow! Believe it or not, the afternoon temperature Downtown was slightly over 90 degrees, and of course with the strong southerly blowing, … continue reading

Posted on May 9, 2022

Happy Mother’s Day 2022

Another chilly gray day arrived accompanied by an on-and-off light rain which I was expecting more of, but at least we had some. So here we had another broad swing in temps where yesterday it was in t … continue reading

Posted on May 8, 2022

Robins Are The Worst

After the Noon hour arrived, we actually had a pleasant day as long as we stayed out of the chilling gusts coming from the east. Around the hour of five, I just happened to notice it being a warming 6 … continue reading

Posted on May 6, 2022

Ridden Hard And Put Away Wet

As if you didn't notice, we were back to gray skies and light rain again today which wasn't the least bit inviting. When hearing it's supposed to be in the mid-to-upper eighties on Monday, the first t … continue reading

Posted on May 5, 2022

Medieval Methods Of Torture

As I was hoping, we managed to have a delightful sunny day with only a breeze and cloudless skies. There's been a bit of a haze high above, and likely due to the fires out West, along with those burni … continue reading

Posted on May 4, 2022

Our World’s Jewish Communities

Another gray and chilly day arrived, and it looks like we're not going to be seeing much of an increase in temps anytime soon. At least we're not living out West where they're having repeats again of … continue reading

Posted on May 2, 2022