Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
Or perhaps that’s good-bye sunshine… If you’ve been following No Facilities for a year or more, you know that I am no fan of Daylight Saving Time. Don’t get me wrong, I love longer days and I love sunshine and I am one of the two people responsible for that crazy redhead, Maddie who loves... Continue Reading →
Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.” This was the message that stuck with me on Sunday. It was -8°f (-22°c), but it was the last day of a long cold snap. Monday at about the same time, it would be almost 30 degrees warmer.... Continue Reading →
Norm has given us a couple of weeks off, which is good, given that the temperature when I left for work today was 6°f (-14°c) – not exactly doorscurrsion weather. I thought about how to fill the gap, and I decided that we should all get a day off. I’m working all week,... Continue Reading →
I appreciate that you stuck with me for six-days-in-a-row of blog posts last week. Two extraordinary posts filled in the normal respite from my blather. Both posts were for good causes but I do worry about overdoing it – I wouldn’t want my editor to go on strike (or ask for a raise). So this... Continue Reading →
I’ve written in the past about the degree to which I dislike Daylight Saving Time. I think it’s a dumb idea. It doesn’t surprise me that politicians keep it alive, because retail and recreation industries of all sorts like it. It also comes as no surprise that those same politicians are quite capable of ignoring... Continue Reading →
I was returning from an appointment in Hartford last weekend and it was very foggy. I thought I noticed the sun burning through the fog, so I figured I’d visit Riverside Park and catch the sunrise over the Connecticut River. The fog was much thicker near the river. The sun just wasn’t up to the... Continue Reading →
“Based on satellite imagery and surface observations, the risk of tropical-storm-force winds reaching the coastline appears now to be minimal.” The seagulls aren’t buying that. We never got the rain they were predicting. We really wanted some rain. We need rain. We did, however get some very strong wind gusts during the night. This post... Continue Reading →
In our rush to get to Riverside Park in time to catch the sun rise over the Connecticut River, we left one car about 100 feet from the entrance to another river-side park. Great River Park lies on the east side of the CT River and it also stands bare between a major levy and... Continue Reading →
Back in February, I got a text message from my daughter: “There’s a flood warning for the CT River in Hartford…Photo Op?’ After a long series of texts back and forth, we had agreed to meet in the parking lot of a State office building, shuffle into one car and head to Riverside Park. We... Continue Reading →
