I was reminded today of the Great Blizzard of 1978. It was a devastating Storm of the Century, but I remember it fondly — and, I suspect, other Ohio State students of that era do as well. The Great Blizzard struck on January 26 and 27, 1978. It blanketed Ohio with huge amounts of snow, [...]
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The Blizzard Of ’78 At Ohio State
Posted in College, Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Blizzard of 1978, College, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State University, weather, Winter on January 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Winter Fat-Burning Workout
Posted in Humor, weather, tagged Exercise, Humor, Shoveling Snow, weather, weight loss, Winter on January 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
We’re all eager to shed some of those lingering holiday pig-out pounds. The best way to achieve your goal is not to go to your health club or workout facility, but to head out into the Great White North, where there are plenty of ways to lose that weight and tone your flabby carcass. The [...]
Snow On Pine
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Photography, sports, weather, Winter on January 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday morning the snow was still fresh when Penny and I took our walk. We passed one pine tree where the snowflakes had been caught by the clusters of pine needles like a baseball is caught by a catcher’s mitt. It looked like ice cream cones or cotton candy. The snow was so new, and [...]
Frost-Covered Sunrise, New Albany, January 15
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, New Albany, Ohio, Photography, Sunrises, weather, Winter on January 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It stopped snowing yesterday, the sky cleared, and of course the temperature dropped. This morning it was frigid. On our morning walk we noticed that everything was covered with a delicate layer of frost. On this little tree, the coating of frost looked like fine white hairs in the refracted light of the sunrise.
Adrift Against The Fence Line
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, Fence, Ohio, Photography, Snow, weather, Winter on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There really wasn’t a sunrise this morning. It’s still snowing, and the sky was gray and heavy with clouds. The light was filtered, leaving the snow-covered landscape a study in white, gray, and black. Along the Yantis Loop in New Albany, the wind had done its work, sculpting the drifted snowbank into a delicate, curving [...]
Snowing, Blowing, Drifting
Posted in Columbus, weather, tagged Columbus, Commuting, New Albany, Photography, Snow, weather on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a mild winter so far, but last night the weather turned. By this morning we had snow on the ground, more is falling, and a sharp wind is pushing the snow into drifts and turning the falling snow into little cutting blades that prick your face as you walk. It’s not great weather for [...]
Bold And Beautiful
Posted in Travel, weather, tagged Bahamas, Flowers, Grand Bahama, Photography, Plants, Travel, Tropical plants, weather on December 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the great things about a visit to the Bahamas this time of year is the welcome contrast in colors. In the northern U.S., except for Christmas lights and decorations, it’s drab and dreary, a study in shades of gray from the sky to the ground. Here around Freeport, however, the tropical plants are [...]
When Darkness Season Falls
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, Darkness, depression, midwest, Ohio, Seasonal Affective Disorder, The Sopranos, weather, Winter on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some people celebrate the extra hour of sleep we gain when we “fall back” every autumn. Other people dread that day, because the simple act of turning back the clocks ushers in a season of seemingly constant darkness. It’s dark when we get up in the morning, dark when we drive to work, and dark [...]
The Hat Season
Posted in Columbus, weather, tagged Columbus, Country Gentlemen, Forrest Gump, Glasses, Hats, Rainy Days, weather on November 29, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This is a crappy time of year for the glasses-wearing population of Columbus. It’s been raining for days, and it’s like the scene in Forrest Gump where Forrest talks about the rain in Vietnam — sometimes big fat rain, sometimes sharp stinging rain, sometimes drizzle that seems to blow on the breeze. Inevitably the spectacles [...]
Frosty Moon Morning, New Albany
Posted in Columbus, weather, tagged Cold weather, Columbus, Morning Walks, New Albany, weather on October 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This morning was another cold one! This photo was taken from the boardwalk around the No. 5 North pond at 7 a.m., with wisps of steam curling from the water and the silvery moon looking down on the frosty grass of the golf course.
Back To Coat-And-Gloves Weather
Posted in Ohio, weather, tagged Changing Seasons, Morning Walks, Ohio, Seasons, walks, weather on October 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Overnight the temperature plummeted, and it was in the 30s when Penny and I ventured out this morning for our walk. For the first time since early April, the barn coat and gloves were hauled out of the closet and donned against the brisk morning air. Much as I love summer, I also love the [...]
Autumn Comes To The Buckeye State
Posted in Columbus, Ohio, weather, tagged Autumn, Autumn Leaves, Columbus, Fall Colors, Ohio, weather on October 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Autumn is a beautiful season in the Midwest and Northeast, as the leaves change and the last seasonal blooms appear. The average bit of Ohio woodland may not be as richly colorful as, say, a Vermont forest, but it is still a treat for the senses. It is a time of year when a normally [...]
The Mums Season
Posted in weather, tagged Flowers, house and grounds, Mums, weather on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When October comes, the season of mums is upon us. The mums in our backyard have burst forth, showering the beds with blooms of orange and red and rust. Their brilliant, colorful display unfortunately heralds the frost in the morning and sweater weather that is soon to come — but they are beautiful just the [...]
‘Shroom Season
Posted in Columbus, Environment, Food, Ohio, weather, tagged Columbus, Environment, Food, Meadow Mushrooms, Mushrooms, Ohio, weather on September 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a wet and humid few weeks in central Ohio, and we now have some unexpected fungal visitors in our front yard. It’s the first time I can remember finding mushrooms in the lawn itself, as opposed to in the shady and damp areas underneath trees and shrubs in our flower beds. These are [...]
The Sure-Fire Seasonal Clothing Weight-Gain Test (With Apologies To Dylan Thomas)
Posted in Humor, weather, tagged clothing, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Doggerel, Dylan Thomas, Humor, Jeans, Poetry, seasonal clothing, weather, Weight gain on September 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you’re like me, you don’t use a scale regularly. What’s the point? But now we are coming upon a change in seasons. Soon we will have to put away the ratty shorts that have been our summer clothing staple and find out whether we can still squeeze into our jeans. And there is no [...]
