Monthly Archives: January 2010

A Different Kind of Year in Review: Whale Reports

I grumble at Christmas time about the family newsletter we traditionally write. A cousin appropriately dubbed it “the Christmas term paper,” a major writing project in the middle of the holidays. Since moving to the homestead, we’ve acquired another writing … Continue reading

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Storm Warnings

Yesterday the New Year came in with a 50-knot storm from the north. The “wind drought” is now in reverse—we’re working off the batteries without wind charging, as we don’t want to run our generator on those wind speeds.

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