12/23/25 5:30 38F (3.3C) Foggy,  still, dark. Amy and I are spending  Christmas in California. We drove to Portland and caught a plane to San Jose, where we got a rental car and drove over to San Carlos/Redwood City. Lynne, Camille and Allie were minding the store at...

    12/22/25 6:45 36F (2.2C) Cloudy and dark with a light breeze blowing. It wasn't raining when I  took the garbage to the curb, but it is working up to it. First, the rare, then occasional drop of cold wet on my face. Then widely scattered droplets, more...

    12/20/25 6:45 34F (1.1C) Cold, clear,  calm. Ducks rise from the pond beyond the fence. I hear their wings beat the still air; their quacking fades as they circle east and disappear. I had expected overcast with light rain, perhaps  snow. It is cold but...

    12/19/25 7:00 35F (1.6C) Overcast. Cold with a slight breeze. Damp and gloomy. Scattered drifts of slushy snow melt into the muddy grass. The rooster crows, forlorn and still locked in the coop. A bird squawks, a dog barks. A disgruntled crow croaks from...

    12/18/25 6:45 38F (3.3C) Dark,  raining. There is no wind. The sky is a uniform , dull gray. It is raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock. By 7:30 I begin to see snow mixed with the rain. Very wet, more like raindrops with texture, a portent of...

  12/16/25 5:45 50F (10C) Dark and rainy, with the wind dropping off. A hard rain is pelting down, rattling in the drain pipe, splashing through the muddy turf. In between the fog and clouds rests a thin band of not quite light, a slightly brighter shade of gray ...

    12/15/25 6:30 45F (7.2C) Steady rain, little or no wind. We often have snow by now, it is really quite temperate, but after several warm, dry mornings it feels cold and wet.                      ...