While making my daily pilgrimage to Starbucks this morning, I noticed that seemingly overnight the trees have decided that fall has arrived. This despite the last couple of weeks with daily high temperatures pushing 80. Yeah, it sucks living in Phoenix in the "Fall" and "Winter"... Driving around with the top down. Wearing shorts and flip-flops. Golfing, hiking, bike riding, swimming, laying out by the pool. It's a rough life. Hardly tolerable. I mean last week we had to turn on … [Read more...]
How to Survive a Phoenix Winter
Jennifer Kirby has a two part series on her blog titled, "How to Survive a Minnesota Winter". Part 1 provides tips if you're stranded in your car, and Part 2 covers your home. Jennifer talks about things like tire chains, ice dams, blankets, anti-freeze and black ice. (I linked to info on these things as some Phoenix residents may have never heard of them.) Jennifer's posts are timely for the residents of the fine state of Minnesota. They got me to thinking that I should do something similar … [Read more...]