Our local marine forecast resolutely predicted north wind at decent intensity to drive our wind generator for several days, but we saw precious little of it. On our little stretch of the coast, the wind has come from the northwest lately. That does us almost no good at all.
Snow on the wind generator: (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
As I mentioned in Christmas Now and Then, it’s Christmas time on the Zeiger Family “Homestead.” This means that almost all the music played here these days is Christmas music. Every year we add to our rather impressive collection of Christmas CDs (which may be seen in our essay, Finding Storage Space for Bulk Purchases).
Of course, we’re as selective in our Christmas music as we are in anything else. The other day we had a conversation about this, as I admitted to Michelle that I had “accepted” a new recording of a Christmas standard that we always approach with caution. Continue reading
