Moon nearing Venus

Or vice-versa . . . Air temperature 15 F, wind NNW 5 mph, windchill 7. Sky clear for newspaper walk, clouding up now. Supposed to have snow turning to rain tonight, just in time for amateur hour at the bars. Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories, depending.

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And Happy New Year to those on the other side of this rolling advance through the time zones.

Neighborhood terrorist

Out for the morning chilly walk, noticed that a set of pigeons looked agitated, started checking trees. Large hawk, perched high, gray back and lighter front -- goshawk. Explanation for those feathers under our spruce?

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https://xkcd.com/2092/

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"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."

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Not snowing here yet.

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Due to the oddities of time zones, we conducted a phone call from 2018 to 2019.