Marilynne's World

Annie sent another email. “Well, she’s a pip, this pup.  She picked out her own name.  We were out walking this morning (VERY early for me) and she was having a great time running around in the grass. “I called her name (softly because the neighbors were surely all asleep).  ”Belle.”  And then a little [...]

Annie has a new baby!  She tells me: “I couldn’t help myself.  There was this man and his two kids at the dog park last night.  We were leaving at the same time and I noticed the kids had their shirts full of tiny puppies.  I oohed and aahed and asked how old they were [...]

I’ve been waiting to show you this.  Today’s the day.  Here are two pictures of the sky I took a few minutes ago – a little after 4 PM. It’s not an ideal time for solar.  It’s late in the day and the overcast is pretty heavy.   Our meter is still running backwards – slowly, [...]

Our solar is installed, inspected, and approved to send electricity to the grid. We thought the day would never come, but now I’m beginning to get used to it. We’ve had a lot of sunny days since we went on the common grid. One of our favorite activities is to watch our electric meter run [...]