2006 yearend letter

(this is still a draft...)

2006


january... lunar year doesn't start til feb, but i'm counting it yearofdog starting now (with our big newyear storm - power out for 5days!)	february... went to medford for a portland taiko concert & a visit with judy z. then on the 25th, the eagerly awaited arrival of emile alexandre!	march... as usual, the big fun in march was the annual eVc retreat, this year in willits


april... gavin played the lead in FRT's ANATOMY OF A MURDER. at the end of the month, our end-of-school-year party with folks from work	may... mayday at the blue ox! adopted a puppy from the pound, milo, in honor of year of the dog. memorial day weekend means kinetic sculpture race!	june... taiko workshop, sonoma hort, kentucky


july... folklifefest, nativeplant gardentour, blackberryfest	august... shasta, bdays	september... iblock, shidara taiko, nc fair,


october... movie shoot, reunion, milo, boomer, clare wedding	november... DoD, wendy visit	december... christmas is so much more fun with children in the family!

2006 news tidbits

2006 news you didn't hear about

Haul Out the Halter Tops
It's official: 2006 was warmest year ever for the contiguous U.S.

In 2006, the contiguous U.S. experienced its warmest year since records began in 1895 (also the year of the first volleyball game -- who knew?). Every state in the Lower 48 had average temperatures above, well, average; New Jersey hit its highest temperature ever. The U.S. also logged its fourth-warmest December -- little surprise to East Coast folk, who have been frolicking among cherry blossoms. Nationwide, residences have used 13.5 percent less energy for heat than usual this "winter." Now that nine years in a row have landed in the top 25 warmest years ever for the Lower 48, even officials will admit something funny's going on: "Burning of fossil fuels is causing an increase in greenhouse gases, and there's a broad scientific consensus that [it] is producing climate change," says Jay Lawrimore of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which released the data. He added, "The expectation is that temperatures will continue to warm in the U.S. and globally." Well, who'da thunk.

straight to the source: The Washington Post, Marc Kaufman, 10 Jan 2007

straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Robert Lee Hotz, 10 Jan 2007

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