Comments on: Weather Bulletin # 317 [Updated]

By: John H. Farr

John H. Farr — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:27:16 +0000

We’re not leaving Taos. All we have to do is find a better place to rent…

By: David

David — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:17:00 +0000

So you are staying in Taos, I am guessing by how much you seem to love it – that’s good. What areas are you looking into, where you can get good sun exposure?

By: John H. Farr

John H. Farr — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:38:53 +0000

David: It’s a long story, but basically, what with one thing and another, plus my wife having to go live in Dubuque for a couple of years, we’ve never really gotten settled here the way we need to be, and it’s been almost nine years! At the moment, we’re living in a house I rented for myself when she was in Iowa, and she has a studio next door. All well and good, but we don’t really have enough space here for the two of us, and the next-door studio doesn’t have room for her baby grand, which is still up in Iowa. That hurts, so we’re looking for a place with more usable studio space. We also want room to garden, and that just doesn’t work in this location.

And here’s the other thing: heating… I love wood heat, but building fires nine months out of the year takes a lot of time, and time’s a wastin’. Living where we do, it’s insane not to be in a house with decent solar gain. That’s all you need here, most of the time. So we have to find a warmer house.

John, EIGHTY-SEVEN??? Well, I used to live in Austin, so I know. It hardly ever gets to be 87 here. I doubt if we hit that temperature last year for more than a few hours, total. It can get really hot here, but it hasn’t done so lately.

By: John Lay

John Lay — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:08:57 +0000

Bulletin from Austin…. 8pm and it’s STILL 87! Isn’t this supposed to be March?

By: David

David — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:29:00 +0000

Hey John

Where are you trying to move to? It looks as though we might be renting a house about 15 minutes from Taos plaza for a short while at least, and then who knows. Seems the only way to beat the cold is with an earthship out by the gorge. However, don’t know if we want to go that route yet. We shall see!

Once we are out there, I will shoot you an email – have been reading your stuff for a while; I enjoy reading about Taos and all the mud/snow.

By: John H. Farr

John H. Farr — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:02:17 +0000

Well, I think I am through “looking forward” to snow for the rest of my life. Remember, our first significant snow was in OCTOBER, and there’s still plenty of it around.

June, eh? Last year I built my last fire in the wood stove on June 30th. 2007 was the year I never got warm. I hope you’re planning on moving to a house with a lot of solar gain, because that’s the only way to beat the cold. That’s a big reason we’re trying to move, too. This old adobe is charming but just doesn’t get that southwest sun.

Interesting website you have, David. We’re definitely on the same wavelength there. I’m always up for socializing/collaborating/working on anything that helps the planet. Maybe we’ll run into each other.

By: David

David — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:02:08 +0000

I so look forward to the snow…too bad we are not moving to Taos until June! Although, after the winter you guys have had, I am sure you are done with it for this year already!