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A Crazy Concordian* Co-Inky-dink

*Concordian, as in a person hailing from Concord -- in this case, Concord, Massachusetts

TSG is currently reading Robert Sullivan's "The Thoreau You Don't Know: The Father of Nature Writers on the Importance of Cities, Finance, and Fooling Around". It's an interesting discussion of Henry David Thoreau's life and times, his relationships with his contemporaries and the author's take on how we might assess the man and his work in the current day.

So, anywho....as we returned from our morning walk around the 'hood today, we noticed some litter on the lawn in front of the apartment. Stooping to pick it up, it turned out to be a page torn from a paperback book.

You can imagine our surprise when we looked a little closer at the piece of "litter", seeing the title of the book in the upper right hand corner:

On the flip side of the page, there's a very appropriate observation from H.D.T. himself:

"How vast and profound is the influence of the subtle powers of Heaven and Earth!"

Indeed. 

The Longest [Thermometer] Days

In meteorological-speak, the "length" of a thermometer describes the difference between the low and high temperatures of a given area over a certain period of time. So, when there is a big temperature swing say, between noon and 3PM, the thermometer for that afternoon would be characterized as being "long". Such was the case this week when TSG took a couple of "cool-off" cruises along the coast between Santa Cruz and Pacifica. 

Below are the low and high car dash outside temp readings on our drives. While we can't attest to the accuracy of the thermometer in terms of the "real" temperature, the 40 degree-plus differential was certainly real enough.