By Brian, on December 31st, 2009 |
This year has been both terrible and wonderful at the same time. That’s probably typical of every year, but this one had some exceptionally low lows; the kind where you know you’ll be a changed person when you finally recover. On the other hand, I’m blessed beyond measure. I have a wonderful partner, a great job, . . . → Read More: 2009 In Review
By Brian, on April 10th, 2009 |
Good Friday. I’ve often wondered about the person that came up with that name. It seems rather morbid to call the day that Christ was murdered “good,” but I assume that is a reference to the the reason behind why he died – good news for all of us.
Anyway, other than being off from work today, there . . . → Read More: What's So Good About It?
By Brian, on February 7th, 2009 |
Here are the pictures of our ice storm that I promised earlier. I absolutely love the one with the “ICE” sign in it. Click to enlarge.
. . . → Read More: Ice Ice Baby
By Brian, on February 5th, 2009 |
I am delighted to report that power was restored to our home yesterday morning around 9:30, eight days after we lost it due to an ice storm. My joy is somewhat bittersweet since there are still so many across my state without power, including some people that I know personally. Great progress has been made though, . . . → Read More: Eight Days
By Brian, on February 3rd, 2009 |
As I sit here on my generator-powered laptop, there is an electric truck parked in the street in front of my house. Its flashing lights are teasing me like the music from an ice cream truck on a hot summer day. Thing is, this feels nothing like summer. Tomorrow night is supposed to have a wind . . . → Read More: Pretty Please
By Brian, on January 30th, 2009 |
Can’t say the same thing for our trees, though. Our neighborhood looks like a bomb hit it. I have lots of photos that I’ll post when I have a chance.
We got around two inches of ice over a 24 hour period and lost power early Tuesday afternoon. Limbs were already crashing to the ground at that . . . → Read More: We Survived
By Brian, on January 27th, 2009 |
This is the view from our back door. We still have power, but we know several people who don’t and ours has already been blinking. We also have limbs down everywhere, so we’re having flashbacks to the big storm we had . . . → Read More: Ice Storm 2009
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