Waning of the year

Air temperature 32 F, wind southeast about 10 mph, overcast. Supposed to get rain this afternoon. Supposed to be having a Thing delivered today, and hope weather does not attack.

Morning exemplar

Turns out that you answer a call on that new cell phone by *swiping* the green phone icon, not tapping it. Good thing this was an in-house test call . . .

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The roads must roll!

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People who are surprised that the Russian army would "weaponize winter" and practice scorched-earth warfare have little knowledge of history . . . .

It was a dark and stormy night . . .

Wind gusting over 40 mph, rain, rattling and thumping -- one of the shutters isn't tight against its wall. I went out with a flashlight and checked in case it was anything important.