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John, this journal sure read like you took a break from "waxing your skis" to "wax enthusiastic" about your favorite weather phenomena. Eloquent, almost poetic. "Two thumbs 'UP'!"

As I mentioned in a comment on the November 16 edition of Snow Church: Observation: Newbie guests/subscribers that haven’t been following your forecasts probably are unfamiliar with your forecast zones — I couldn’t even find those definitions just now on the old forecast pages. (?)

John, I see you plan to do some “Johnny on the Spot” reports from the great outdoors to report on things like snow conditions, big storms and perhaps even the trail conditions. I can see it now, "Johnny on the Spot" doing a Joe Bastardi/Jim Cantore/Al Roker style video scene, barely visible in...

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From Up North Live ABC 74, Alpena, MI, Thursday August 5, 2021 -- see: https://tinyurl.com/r88srnwt

Todays Journal: Corn Stalks and Skewered Apples, August 8, 2021: 1. A belated Happy 12th Birthday to Grace! (Twelve years already?!) Growing UP in da UP: Absolutely priceless! — I know just a little bit about that, having spent nearly every summer vacation from elementary school through high...

An interesting weather phenomenon in Hancock this morning: Light pillars! See (click →) PastyCam: Cam Notes - 2021: February: Feb 01-21. You sure don’t see that very often!

“The sun is shinning [sic] the sun is shinning [sic]! “ Actually the sun was shining. But that turns out to be an interesting subject. Whenever I see “shinning”, I think of “shinnying”, as in “shinnying” up a pole. (See entry 1 below.) But surprise, surprise, as it turns out, Gracie was very...

Today's Journal "It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" January 24, 2021 A friend from downstate? Yer sure he isn't from Burlington, Vermont? :cool3:

That's quite the beanstalk! Did you plant some "magic beans"? In another week or so Grace may be writing about "Jack (a.k.a. John) and the Beanstalk", with that beanstalk reaching up into the clouds … As to dog(s) in the beanpatch: Maybe what you need is a greenhouse, a.k.a. "high tunnel" or...

Arizona is implementing a new highway sign welcoming visitors to Arizona! :devilish:

Today's journal, June 28, 2020 "Summertime". You really know how ta live, don'cha? Now you've done it John, ya gots me craving sum Pannukakku! — at 5 o'clock in da afternoon, no less! And ya can hardly make enough for just one serving; more like enough for three or four hungry folks...

You really outdid yourself with this week's journal, John. Loved it! Twenty-three photos? A new record? I particularly enjoyed the sugarbush tour. Wow, how the sugaring bizness has changed since the operation I saw at the Naras' sugar camp in Bootjack back in the 1960s. No more buckets hanging...

How does coronavirus kill? The following article, from a well-regarded publication, that attempts to explain what it s about the novel corona virus (COVID-19) that has wreaked so much havoc over the last 4-5 months. While there are some technical terms that are pretty sophisticated within the...

Today's journal (March 29, 2020) Uncharted Waters: Groan!<groan!> That was priceless, John! :encouragement:</groan!>

John said: 3-4” in radius? Seriously? I’ve seen snowflakes the size of my hand landing on my windshield while parked on the ramp on the “aircraft carrier USS Sedona”, a.k.a. (click →) Sedona, AZ airport (SEZ). I thought that was purty darn awesome, but that would have been more like ~4-6” in...

Well lookie here, from Feb 10, 2020 (yesterday): Michigan Tech President Rick Koubek and local meteorologist John Dee discuss Copper Country weather. On (click →) MTU's "Tomorrow Needs Snow for Winter Carnival • Feb. 10, 2020" Podcast. (audio, 13 min + 20 sec.) It seemed like this would be a...

Has there been a magnetic pole shift (a.k.a. “geomagnetic reversal”)? Is the Earth is standing on it’s head? :topsy_turvy: NWS says … (click →) SNOW FLURRIES are possible in the metro Phoenix area … (Maricopa County) Monday night! :cower:

"We finally have a solid ice sheet with no leaks and now are in the process of flooding the low spots." Low spots? What's this, the "New Physics"? How'd ya get "low spots", has water stopped "seeking its own level"? :indecisiveness:

Happy new home? No, not really; more like happy old home! I can imagine the thrill to be in Nora's grandparents' home. I know I sure would be thrilled to be living in my maternal grandparents' old farm house north o' Bruce Crossing (it's still there)! What memories, for all the summer...