Writes all the things. Most of the things never write back.
I learned today that dogs may understand a human vocabulary of 150 words or so.
And I thought, I hope those 150 are the most utilitarian, and not something esoteric like sesquipedalian.
I mean, sesquipedalian is a fine word, but a dog’s not gonna have that many chances to hear it and act on it.
Winter is one of my top four favorite seasons.
I’m glad the human-wolf partnership worked out so well.
Can you imagine how much different life would be today if humans had taken a liking to the snake that slithered up closer to the campfire?
We entered Standard Time at the earliest possible date (November 1) and leave it at the latest possible date (next March 14).
Making this the longest possible Standard Time span possible.
Don’t look now, but…
We’ve rounded the corner on sunsets. From December 5 through December 13, they were at 4:29 p.m. As of December 9, they are once again getting LATER, not earlier, and yesterday, sunset time advanced from 4:29 p.m. to 4:30.
The days continue to get shorter until December 22.
SUNRISES continue to get later until January 1. They’re the latest from 7:36 a.m. from then through January 6. They get earlier again (7:35 a.m.) on January 7.
(And yes. They lapse later, when we return to Daylight Saving Time: We’re back to 6:29 a.m. on March 7, only to ‘spring forward’ to 7:27 a.m. on March 8.)
The dog barked, knowing even as he did so that there were certain concepts which didn’t translate well into Dog.
He’d try interpretive dance next.
I never realized Stonehenge was so much further north than me. I’m at about 43°N; Stonehenge is 51°N.
My sunrise/sunset today are 5:26 a.m./8:38 p.m.
Stonehenge: 4:55 a.m./9:33 p.m.
On the news, they keep talking about “rain measured in feet, not inches!”
If we get an inch of rain, we can do the same thing. “We got 1/12th foot of rain!”
Done. Rain measured in feet, not inches. Two can play at that game.
The crocuses in bloom yesterday are closed against the cooler breezes of today. In the branches above, the birds are gossiping.
The rain
the forecast said
would arrive
at 9:00 p.m.
started to fall
at 5:53.