Good morning. 🌼🌼🌼 30 January 2026 I want to go walking this morning, but I also want to stay warm. It’s definitely not casual‑walking weather. And here I am, talking about the weather again. I’d rather talk about anything except the news, which is distressing and depressing, though I suppose the weather technically counts as news. These days I can get everything I need by glancing at the bottom corner of my computer screen or checking my phone. It makes me wonder how we kept up with the weather in the before‑time, before all the gadgets we take for granted now. I spent most of those years in the Army, so half the time I was already outside in it. Otherwise, you looked out the window. If you wanted more detail, you waited for the newspaper, the radio, or the evening TV report. The military had its own weather people, of course, but the simplest thing was to pick up the daily paper. For me, overseas, that meant the Stars and Stripes. I grabbed a copy every morning, if for no other reason than to read the latest Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. Those strips were often the most profound thing I’d see all day. As for the weather, I’d glance at it, but it didn’t matter much. The weather was going to do whatever it wanted, whether I knew about it or not, and I was going to be wherever the Army needed me, doing whatever needed doing. That’s the way it is in uniform—sometimes you’re just wet and cold. “There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” — John Ruskin “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” — Christian Lous Lange “It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.” — Bill Watterson #photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #plants #flowers #morning #daisies #weather #army #CalvinandHobbes #stars_and_stripes