Good morning. We’ll have a breezy day, with a slight chance of snow showers, and a high of thirty-three, for the city’s midweek. The Tech Park Board meets today at 8 AM. Mostly, it’s people who catch fish. Mostly: A person could catch fish this way, if he were bigger than the fish. On this…

Good morning. Sometimes one is both motivated and diligent in one’s efforts – I’ve a few regular features at my sites, and am pleased to add another: cartoons from Mark Anderson, whose creations have been published in major magazines, for corporate communications, and as greeting cards. One of his cartoons will appear on its own…

Good morning. Our week starts with sunny skies and a high of twenty. There will be 9h 22m of sunlight, and 10h 24m of daylight, for Whitewater today. Tomorrow will be one minute longer. How big do sharks get? Really big: The city’s Planning Commission meets tonight at 6 PM, and her Library Board at…

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of twenty-two. On this day in 1128, Pope Honorius II ….grants a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God. Led by the Frenchman Hughes de Payens, the Knights Templar organization was…

Good morning. It’s a breezy day for the Whippet City, with west winds of 15 to 20 mph, and gusts as high as 30 mph. The mercury will hit a high of about forty-five, then fall to around thirty-one by the late afternoon. We’ll have a strong likelihood of snow overnight, of about two inches.…

Good morning. Whitewater will see a foggy morning, followed by a cloudy day, with a high of forty-seven today. On this day in 1908, Pres. Roosevelt makes the Grand Canyon a national monument: On this day in 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt places the Grand Canyon under public protection, declaring it a national monument. In a…

Good morning. Our forecast for Thursday calls for a high of forty-one, with an even chance of rain in the afternoon. What happens when a deer bursts through a window and runs around a classroom? This: On this day in 1946, the United Nations General Assembly first convened. Here’s how James Reston of the New…

Good morning. It’s a sunny Wednesday for the Whippet City, with a high of forty-one, and west winds at 10 to 15 mph. We’ll have 9h 14m of sunlight, 10h 18m of daylight, and tomorrow will be one minute longer. Discovery takes more than one form, and comes from more than one place. Consider the…

Good morning. A mild Tuesday unfolds before us: mostly sunny, south winds at 5 to 15 mph, and a high of thirty-nine. Over at c|net, there’s a twenty-four photo slideshow of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers’ photos from Mars. The photos are both astonishing and a source of pride, that we’re a people that has…

Good morning. We’ll begin our week with sunny and breezy skies, with a high of thirty-five, and southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Our sunrise is at 7:25 AM and our sunset at 4:37 PM. At 5 PM today, there’ll be a meeting of the Parks & Rec Department. I’m not sure what to make…

Good morning. Sunday will be a gradually sunnier day, with a high of twenty-nine, and northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. The moon’s now a waning crescent, and tomorrow will be one minute longer. On this day in 1838, Morse demonstrates the telegraph: …Samuel Morse’s telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the…

Good morning. Today brings a day of increasing clouds, and a high of thirty-three. We’ll have 9h 10m of sunlight, 10h 14m of daylight, and tomorrow will be one minute shorter. The Golden Gate bridge’s construction began on 1.5.33: On this day in 1933, construction starts on what will become one of America’s most famous…

Good morning. It’s a sunny Friday for the Whippet City, with a high of 29.  We’ll have west winds of 10 to 15 mph, 9h 9m of sunlight, 10h 13m of daylight, and tomorrow will be one minute longer. On 1.4.1785, author Jacob Grimm is born: On this day, the older of the two Grimm brothers, Jacob, is…

Good morning. Thursday brings a high of twenty-four, with west winds at 5 to 10 mph. On this day in 1924, a notable archaeological milestone: Two years after British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discovered the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen near Luxor, Egypt, they uncover the greatest treasure of the tomb–a stone sarcophagus containing a solid gold coffin…