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thunderstorms | thunderstorms

thomas-burchfield's picture
Apr.14.2012
Oakland Bay Bridge, April 12, 2012 A couple nights ago, a rare thunderstorm boomed across the Bay Area, one of the biggest storms in years. On the coast, we get them once a year, at most. Thunderstorms don’t come often enough for me. I enjoyed how every flash brightly flickered into our house,...
marilyn-jaye-lewis's picture
Aug.24.2011
Spent the morning so far getting everything booked for my trip. The transportation to and from the Paris airport; the flight from Paris to Bristol. Don't you just love that feeling that everything is organized and ready to go? Of course, you get to these airports and it all goes haywire, but I'...
marilyn-jaye-lewis's picture
Jun.05.2011
Yesterday, we had another mini-heatwave. For some obstinate reason, I refused to turn on the AC so it got pretty hot up there in my bedroom again, but you know -- I just love having the windows open, and a screen door looking out onto the world (and my pot of baby sunflowers!) instead of a...