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June 30 One more day

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? Albert Einstein 2:00 AM sharp There is no reprieve from the heat. I just tried outside, it was cooler. As I stood on the back deck, wearing just my summer sandals, I was immediately covered in all the mosquitoes that have…


June 29 It’s here

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. Bo Bennett Heat day is here. By 11 AM it will be 39. Later in the day, it will be 44 maybe higher. It is 5:18 AM. I thought I would get up to my office and type…


June 28 One more sleep

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. Maya Angelou Tomorrow the hottest days on record will arrive here.  The heatdome (new words first polar vortex, the opposite a spread of 100c at my house)  has already…


June 27

The heat will be much worse then the first forecasts day, temps are said to reach 50. Thats insane.


June 26 The heat is close

If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back? Steven   Might get hot. Right now, I am enjoying the cool of the early morning. Maybe the last one of this week as the heatwave arrives. As you see by the red on the map almost all of Alberta is covered by the warning…


June 25 Good Day Sunshine

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us. Bill Nye Today is the first historic, prolonged, dangerous heat event. One of the many I think in the future. Fifteen years ago a rancher asked me if I really believed that there is…


June 24 The long day

Today is the last longest day. 17 hours 44 minutes between sunrise and sunset. Now we start the shortening of days towards winter. Tomorrow one minute less.  Hard to believe the heatwave is coming, and daily the forecast gets worse and worse. It looks like a week of plus 40c in the day.


June 23 Cats & Work

Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God. Christopher Hitchens The…


June 22 Summer furnace

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. Russell Baker Now a June Heatwave coming. Record-breaking temps to be here in a few days. It’s already too hot in my loft. In a few days unbearable. I will have to move lower into the house to survive. Yesterday outside was…