It Happened to Me

Hurricane Milton post #5: The view from here

Here’s some footage from our house’s security cameras — one looking out from the front door, and one from the side:…

1 year ago

Hurricane Milton post #4: Pre-landfall report

As I write this (8:10 p.m. EDT), Milton is minutes away from making landfall, but the rain is coming down…

1 year ago

Hurricane Milton post #3: One last ice run before the storm

Ice doesn’t last that long in a cooler, so deciding when to get ice to keep food fresh in the…

1 year ago

Hurricane Milton post #2: Hours before landfall and “hurricane kevlar”

Here’s the overhead view of Hurricane Milton as seen from weather radar at 2:44 p.m. Eastern (UTC-4). As you’ve probably…

1 year ago

Have a great weekend, everybody!

I hope you get a chance to do what you love.

1 year ago

Step one: Get a box…

If you know, you know.

1 year ago

Anitra and me at “Grown-Up Night” at the Glazer Children’s Museum

Once a year, the Glazer Children’s Museum holds what I like to call “Grown-Up Night,” an adults-only event where we…

2 years ago

I finally got the front yard plumeria to bloom!

Tap to view at full size. I’ve been tending to them for a year since they’d been hit by a…

2 years ago

Nine years ago today…

This is still one of my favorite pics from the wedding, which I like to call the “Elvis Movie Poster.”…

2 years ago