Alive Here Now

 

 

 

 

 

Hello again!

This is the new location of Chicago Weather Watch, a blog about life and weather in Chicago, changing seasons,  climate, nature and other things. 

Below is the very first post I wrote for this blog in  March 2013, for ChicagoNow, which was a blogging community affiliated with the Chicago Tribune.  The site was shut down on Thursday, August 18, 2022.  We scattered like milkweed seeds.

But here I am, Alive Here Now---

Hello, and welcome to Chicago Weather Watch, a blog about  life and  the weather in Chicago.

As I write this, weather is happening everywhere.  We live in a world of weather.  It affects everything from the stock market to airline schedules to the numbers of violent crimes.

We  live in changing weather, here. That's one thing we all have in common!  Whoever we are, whatever we do, we share this weather. We  talk about it, too--in elevators and at bus stops, we comment on the weather. We're all weather-watchers, here, and the real meteorologists are held in high esteem.

Forecasts really matter. What's the weather like, today? We need to know what to expect.  We need that five-day forecast, and long-range projections if possible. It's a glimpse of the future, even if it could change at any moment.

Our  weather has history, too. There are meteorological records of  seasons past, blizzards and heat waves, rainfall,  average temperatures.  We have our personal measurements of these numbers. Remember  that heat wave of 1995?   How about Snowpocalypse  (or  Snowmageddon) of 2011?

Yes, it's personal, here. Each of us has our own memories of  falling snow, a spring day,  a summer afternoon, a blue October sky.

Weather is time moving through us. We are living in it, alive here, now.

Consider this blog, if you will, an alternative weather report. As this is my first-ever post, I thought I'd give you  an idea of some of the things I would be writing  about, including, but not limited to--

raincoats

sparrows

bees

milkweeds and native plants

what to wear

snows of winters past

signs of spring

summer grass

living by the Lake

public transportation

"good book days"

working outside

moon-viewing

architecture

the wind at Wrigley Field

seasonal poetry

power outages

growing tomatoes

the smell of rain

cloud appreciation

climate change

the difference between rain, and freezing rain

trees

winter afternoons

resort weather

patchy ground fog

the art of layering

meteor showers

oatmeal weather

fireflies

colors

light

Even some meteorology!

Really, that's just the beginning. This  blog will evolve and change with the weather and the seasons. I am so happy to share this weather with you.  I hope you will share your own weather experiences, too. Your questions, comments and suggestions are much appreciated.

Welcome to Chicago Weather Watch!

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