Gordon
Lightfoot penned a lament concerning his need for a 2nd cup of
coffee to clear the previous night’s, and most likely, the approaching night’s
ethanol fumes from his brain and body. I’m
sipping at my 2nd mug this morning. I would happily have slumbered later this
morning. The culprit leading toward my
apparent fatigue is the wind.
I pulled maintenance
and battery replacement on my weather station yesterday. I began about 1230 under partly cloudy skies
and finished about 1430 under overcast skies.
When I took Loki out at 2200, there were no stars visible and the wind
was beginning to rise. By midnight, the
wind was clocking at ca. 10 mph.
The rest of
the night featured gusting winds, howling in the wires and driving rain against
the house. This morning we topped out at
about 25 mph sustained with gusts of 30-35.
We gained about 0.17 inches of rain as this current front came
through. The storms of last April 27th
still gnaw at us when the wind blows heavily in the dark.
I have no
difficulty facing the day. I wake up
happy to be alive, and have for the last 19 years. What a difference a day makes.
Currently
playing: “Dawg after dark.” Nicely
composed acoustic work by David Grisman and played by the DG Quintet. Various canine soloists not named.
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