Scoakat's Blog

I've been on vacation this week, and today I turn 58 years old.  Normally I have a certain main project to do on my vacation, plus a lis...

2014 Alabama Ice Around this time in 2014 my wife and I visited my Mom at the winter condo where they were staying on the shore of the Gulf...

The second half of the last post left a bad taste in my mouth.  This blog is not about politics, though I've made it pretty clear where ...

I believe I mentioned that our street is due to be reconstructed this year, and that I had some issues with their plans.  For the first time...

I've been feeling much better this week but for continuing sniffles, since being sick the prior two weeks.  It's just been going aro...

It was apparent by the mess outside the back door this morning that the sunflower had indeed gone to seed and those seeds had been discovere...

We finally had some beneficial rain yesterday, and a couple more good, shorter showers today.   Yesterday it rained pretty good most of the ...

Edit: Just noticed the Hazardous spelling :) Tuesday morning our Air Quality Index number was 198, officially Unhealthy and bordering on Ver...

 Not a cloud in the sky, totally sunny and clear... but for the smoke from Canadian wildfires. It's been an issue lately, but the next f...

I've not felt like talking about it much lately, but this being Independence Day weekend is a good time to break my silence.  I have not...

Windy today, to put it mildly.   It's been howling in the background all day as I worked and still at this time, with scattered rain/sno...

Looks like I haven't done one of these posts since May, and I've not written a lot recently so I must have something to say.  Yes, i...

Just a couple recent articles that I found interesting enough to share.   Madison has often been near or at the top of many 'best places...

We're well into the new year now and other than for a little insurrection review I've not posted in 2021.  We are entering the doldr...

What happened to respect? What happened to decency? What happened to honor? What happened to tolerance?  What happened to democracy, and the...

Happy winter solstice, everyone.  Winter officially arrived at 4:02 a.m. this morning, locally.  While there has been some recent melting, i...

Well, maybe not my final thoughts but I probably won't post about this again and 'second thoughts' carries a different meaning....

Aaaaand it begins.  Or has already begun, actually.  Lies, false claims, lawsuits to stop ballots from being counted (really!).  All from Tr...

A. Do you wear a mask?        Yes, thank you, go to paragraph B.        No.  Really?  Go to paragraph G. B. Do you wear a cloth or paper mas...

Well, it just keeps happening, doesn't it?  Again, close to home in nearby Kenosha, Wisconsin, a white policeman shoots an unarmed black...