Starstruck

The weather has been – what else? – snowy for the last couple of days, and when I trekked out to the observatory to pick up a wrench I left behind I was unpleasantly surprised to find snow inside. It had come in through the ventilation grill and also through the track opening. The grill [...]

Sleep may knit up the ravelled sleeve of care, but tonight I dropped the ball of wool. As I drove home from work the glow from the big ball of rock in the sky was clear and bright, but by the time I turned in to check on my mailbox the evening cloud cover was [...]

Last week’s snow melted, but, like poltergeists, it’s BAAAAAACK!

Despite this I managed to open up briefly, if only to confirm that the roll-off roof wasn’t blocked off by ice. It seems as though every time I give up on the night and go in, a few minutes or an hour of relatively clear sky develops [...]

I hate snow. I have tried to like it. I have tried to force enjoyment into that first wet shock of snow, into that cold burst when the freezing slurry strikes your feet for the first time, but to no avail.

Snow is evil. It creeps insidiously inside your coat, destroying that warm bubble of air [...]