Day 239 – Rich People

By jspeer

Published: November 27, 2005

Hours of Daylight – 9:21
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "The rich are different from you and me." Hemingway is credited with adding to F. Scott’s statement: "Yes,
they have more money." But his simplistic statement is just
the very tip of the iceberg. The rich, the very rich, the super-rich,
also have different things on their mind. They live [...]

Day 227 – The Sound

By jspeer

Published: November 15, 2005

Hours of Daylight – 9:45Even though i’d never heard the sound before i immediately knew what it was. I was on the apron of the garage, or actually i was walking into the garage, heading for the inside door when i heard it. See, my stupid motorcycle battery was basically dead and i was frustrated. [...]

Day 222 – Cold

By jspeer

Published: November 10, 2005

Hours of daylight – 10:03
It’s getting colder down here in the banana belt of Idaho. There’s snow up in the higher elevations and we had a bit of wet snow one morning a few days back. I’m looking forward to experiencing a full-on temperature inversion which i’m told will be coming soon.
What’s an inversion? [...]