We made it to winter solstice!!!

Heck. Yes. Today in Portland, our “daylight” lasted 8 hours, 42 minutes, and 8 seconds, and from here it’s only getting longer! (“Daylight” in quotes, because it sure didn’t seem like the sun rose until about noon today — though once it came out, it actually came out!). (a super …

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Thanks, NOAA!!

When I checked the weather for Portland just now, I was excited to see a special shout-out for bike safety! In their “special weather statement” for the purportedly super-wet weekend coming up, NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, has this to say: IN ADDITION…LEAVES MAY EASILY COVER ROAD SURFACE …

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