Musings -- on the editor's mind

When you don’t write about the weather for six weeks there is a lot of catching up to do. And a lot of variation.

This week’s cold – nights in the 20s – did more than answer the question “where’s winter?” The clear sky Monday following Sunday’s rain brought out the most vivid, expansive Olympic Mountains range, larger and bolder in the southwestern horizon that I have seen in my eight months here. I took notes earlier of the mountain sitings, but timing is everything. Monday, they had a whiter, more three-dimensional cast.

The day makes redundant my earlier note: 12 February: clear...