Here’s what our friends over at AI had to say about our run of Tule Fog:
As of mid-December 2025, the Sacramento Valley experienced an unusually long, record-setting stretch of dense tule fog, lasting over three weeks (since around November 21st) with little sun, setting records for consecutive gloomy days and cold daytime highs, with some reporting 22-25 days straight of heavy fog. While exact total days for the whole year aren’t set yet, this late 2025 event was a significant, prolonged period of fog, typical of the November-March season but exceptionally intense this year.
Uh.. yup!
Now the fog’s turning into rain. This is our next week:
All of this said, I’m okay with all of it. Tis’ the season of darkness and insideness, fires, tea (and I don’t even like tea all that much), cooking and holiday prep. All the better that the weather’s bad and we’re not tempted to bail out on all the holiday chores and go outside and play. Amiright?
Heading out to a latkes and carols party and gotta drive to the Bay Area in the dark, rain and certain traffic. Not thrilled about that, but looking forward to those latkes!
Have I written about these guys before? They are Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, co-founders of Indivisible and hosts of a weekly zoom called, “What’s the Plan.” This is one hour of political inspiration I absolutely depend on and look forward to each week (Thursdays at noon, Pacific). I don’t think I’ve missed but 2 or 3 this entire year….they are that good. Smart, wonky, politically astute, strategic. They are a firehose of insight and information. I feel smarter listening to them.
Today, I’d just returned from coffee with Vicki. I’d walked to Cloud Forest (and back) in the misty, frigid fog that has become our daily reality for weeks now here in the central valley of California. Vicki and I typically sit on the patio and even today, weirdos that we are, we sat outside in the bone cold air (the owner just couldn’t believe it). By the time I got home, I was frozen to my core so decided to take a bath to thaw out and warm up. Submerged in very hot water, steam rising all around, I watched today’s “What’s the Plan.” Ezra and Leah were in fine form, 60 solid minutes of rapid fire brilliance. Always gives me such hope.
Foggy air, icy chill, political despair, political inspiration, hot water, steamy steam… there’s probably a good metaphor in there somewhere.
I starting writing Life of Wry in October 2008. Initially, I thought it'd be about writing. I thought I'd write when I had something to say, and I'd make my writing publish-worthy, or at least thoughtful.
But, two things:
1) Everyone's a writer these days. Anyone can, and many do, just put stuff out there. It's not so fussy. So maybe I should lighten up. So I write fast and don't edit.
2) Life of Wry quickly became more family journal quality than literary journal quality. And I decided I like that. Something I can leave my son. My hope is that he'll learn a bunch about us, me, our life. At some point.
I also take a shit ton of photos, and wanted to put my favorites somewhere.. because where else?
I struggle mightily with the idea people are reading this. I am not necessarily writing for others; I'm writing and taking pictures for family posterity. If that holds any appeal, please enjoy! But my intended audience is our family.
Finally, if I don't do a DAILY blog, it will become a NEVER blog. I thrive on discipline. I fail without it. So whether there is anything to write about or not, there will be a blog.
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