The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey April 19, 2024

19 April 2024

So ... we were in California last week. Sadly not for fun, but to lay my mother to rest. She passed in late February after a short battle with leukemia. It wasn't expected, because the meds were moving her blood work in the right direction, but in the end, we think her heart gave out. She was wonderful, caring, sharp as a tack, and interested in just about everything. I'm missing her terribly. While it was lovely to see all the family, everyone in town to console each other, I wish it had been for just about any other reason.

Brian Bilbrey March 24, 2024

24 March 2024

I got a wellness check email from the estimable Rick Hellewell recently, which brought to mind just how long it's been since I was here. Let's just say, it's not you, it's me. As I noted in my reply, I've been hideously busy with work, which I can't really discuss publicly. And some family stuff has been going on and distracting, which I won't discuss publicly. So the things that have consumed most of my mental energy don't currently have a place here. I haven't had time for much in the way of interesting fun things to share, so this…

Brian Bilbrey December 9, 2023

9 December 2023

Snow days don't really matter much unless the storm takes out the power and the internet, these days. What snow days do is make everything prettier ... and slightly more difficult. Everything is an exercise in dressing appropriately for the task and the wind and the temperature. Last Sunday night, it started snowing right around sundown. We were due for 4.5 inches or so ending mid-Monday morning. Instead we finished up with around 6 inches early in the afternoon, then another inch or so that night. Here's my Monday morning (12/4/2023) view from my office window: The snow was heavy enough…

Brian Bilbrey November 23, 2023

23 November 2023

It's t-shirt weather outside, midday today. We hope you have a lovely holiday. But here's what it looked like yesterday morning... Might as well get used to posting black & white pictures for the next few months...

Brian Bilbrey November 21, 2023

21 November 2023

Not Winter, just yet, but it is swinging the bat in the on-deck circle. We're getting regular overnight lows in the teens (°F), and the smaller ponds and lakes are starting to ice over as the colder temps take hold. The bulk of the leaves are cleared or mulched in - I have one more round of that work to do, probably over the holiday weekend. We didn't miss out on the fall color, though it has come and gone... We had a smattering of snow three weeks back, and perhaps a quarter inch fallen on the ninth, some of…