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2022-12-28 17:52

Posted on 2022-12-28
by Philip Brewer

Dunno whether the self-storage place next door plows their own parking lot or hires it done, but either way I bet they’re not thrilled.

Posted in Local, News, Photography | Tagged Photography, snow, snow removal, snow shoveling | Leave a comment

2022-02-05 15:05

Posted on 2022-02-05
by Philip Brewer

I’m not sure who ought to clear the sidewalk on Route 45 near Curtis, but somebody should. I’m fit enough to clamber over three-foot snow walls blocking crosswalks, but hundreds of my neighbors are not. @Applebees @cvspharmacy @SchnuckMarkets

Posted in Local, News, Photography, Policy | Tagged Applebee's, CVS, Photography, public policy, Savoy, Schnuck's, snow, snow removal, snow shoveling, walking

2022-02-05 14:42

Posted on 2022-02-05
by Philip Brewer

I’m not sure who ought to clear the sidewalk on Curtis Road next to the U of I Solar Farm, but somebody should. I’m fit enough to trudge through the 12-inch snow, but hundreds of my neighbors are not. @UofIllinois

Posted in News, Photography, Policy | Tagged Photography, public policy, Savoy, sidewalk clearing, sidewalks, snow, snow removal, snow shoveling, solar farm, walking, winfield village

2022-02-02 13:58

Posted on 2022-02-02
by Philip Brewer

I have rewarded myself for all my hard work with a mug of hot cocoa. (I have shoveled the walk, put down salt, taken out a bag of trash, dropped the outgoing mail in the mail slot, and checked for today’s mail (which had not yet arrived).)

Posted on 2022-02-02
by Philip Brewer
in News, Photography | Tagged doing hard things, hot cocoa, post office, snow, snow shoveling, work

2021-01-06 06:47

Posted on 2021-01-06
by Philip Brewer

Imminent sudden stratospheric warming to occur, bringing increased risk of snow over coming weeks

today’s SSW is potentially the most dangerous kind, where the polar vortex splits into two smaller ‘child’ vortices.”

I’ll omit the otherwise irresistibly tempting joke about “child vortices.”

Posted on 2021-01-06
by Philip Brewer
in News | Tagged cold, polar vortex, snow, weather, winter

2021-01-03 14:21

Posted on 2021-01-03
by Philip Brewer

Daily gratitude: Today I’m grateful that the snow on the sidewalk melted before I had to shovel it.

Posted in News, Photography | Tagged gratitude, Photography, snow, snow shoveling

2020-04-15 07:50

Posted on 2020-04-15
by Philip Brewer

Snowflakes are drifting past, hanging in the air like giant virus particles.

Posted on 2020-04-15
by Philip Brewer
in Local, News | Tagged allegedly funny, coronavirus, covid-19, snow, virus

2020-03-14 08:58

Posted on 2020-03-14
by Philip Brewer

The snow is inadvisable (according to the National Weather Service).

Posted in Local, News, Photography | Tagged snow, weather

2020-02-17 17:09

Posted on 2020-02-17
by Philip Brewer

Chilly rain on the last of the snow is kinda cool. 📷 #mbfeb

Posted in Local, News, Photography | Tagged cold, Photography, snow, weather

2020-02-14 15:58

Posted on 2020-02-14
by Philip Brewer

Bitterly cold today, but a nice blue sky. (The opposite of warmth? I ask in a lame attempt to touch on the micro.blog photo prompt for the day.) 📷 #mbfeb

Posted in Local, News, Photography | Tagged cold, snow, tree, winter

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I write science fiction and fantasy stories.

I speak Esperanto, and use it to communicate internationally. Esperantistoj, legu mian esperantan hejmpaĝon.

For a while I taught Taiji.

For eleven years I was a senior writer at Wise Bread, writing about personal finance and frugality.

Before that I spent a quarter-century as a software engineer.

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