Category Archives: weather

Warm Weather

April 11, 2013 – 8:37 pm

Warm weather bluffed the coming of Spring Cold winter rejected the season’s brief fling. Azaleas shivered under black lightning. Yellow jonquils fought off their floral fading. Today the gray clouds carried a day of foreboding. Tomorrow I pray for one thing, the sunshine. Same as everyone. I want warm. A POEM BY PETER NOLAN SMITH

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Weather in Wyoming

April 6, 2013 – 10:44 am

Today’s weather in Yellowstone Park remains faithful to winter. 30F and snow covering most of the volcanic plateau in the northeast corner of Wyoming. I have driven through that region in the late-April. The seasons change slow at that altitude and New York City is following the western state’s slow lead into Spring. Flowers are [...]

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Back To Normal

March 11, 2013 – 9:29 am

Last Friday started with snow. I woke early since I had a schlepping job at the UN. My friend Eric was filming the first march against Violence toward Women from the General Assembly to the small park on 47th Street. I arrived at his place at 9. Eric drove his van down to the Lower [...]

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Barbie BBQ

February 10, 2013 – 12:07 pm

It’s the dead of winter in Fort Greene York. The backyard is covered the blizzard. The grill is under wraps, but a good barbecue around a fire is a great way to celebrate winter. And there’s nothing wrong with playing with your sister’s Barbie as long as the Smurfs don’t violate them.

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Fuck Beaver Country Day School

February 10, 2013 – 12:02 pm

Last Friday I woke up to snow. Flurries were falling fast on the Fort Greene Observatory and I asked the head curator AP, if he was sending his two young children to school. “Of course I am.” AP worked from home and his kids like all kids are attention-seekers. “So no snow day.” The blizzard [...]

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