{"id":332,"date":"2022-02-18T17:44:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/?p=332"},"modified":"2024-08-10T21:40:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T21:40:15","slug":"fr-weather-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/2022\/02\/18\/fr-weather-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteorology, essays, cartoon, walking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Friday<\/em> <em>18 February 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"meteorology\">Meteorology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning began with cumulus transitioning to stratus clouds, with steadily rising temperatures. This is the advent of the warm front heralded by yesterday&#8217;s cirrus clouds, and accompanied by precipitation as warmer air mixes with colder air: It is now snowing, quite vigorously, and that is forecast to continue for a couple of hours,  without, however, any great accumulation. My current plan is to get out and take a walk in it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking at the weather map, it shows the regionally characteristic pattern I learned about in my Meteorology course: the mid-lattitude cyclone. A mid-latitude cyclone is a large scale weather system (at least hundreds of miles in extent) that typically occurs during winter in North America. A mid-lattitude cyclone is centered around a low-pressure spot, and has two or more &#8216;arms&#8217; \u2013 one being a warm front, and the second being a cold front \u2013 that rotate in a counterclockwise direction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-1024x899.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-1024x899.png 1024w, https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-768x674.png 768w, https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mid-latitude cyclone in North America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"essay-collections\">Essay Collections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researched essay collections to come up with a book to propose for the next reading series with CT. Here are my notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For recent essays, most collections are of essays by particular authors, and I am more inclined, at the moment, to read something broader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are four possibilities, in order of my preference\u2026 I would be most inclined to reading one of the first two; I would want to look more closely at #4 if you are seriously interested in that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. <em>The Best American Essays 2020<\/em>, ed, Andre Aciman,&nbsp; 2020 (270 pages)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Best American Essays 2020\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"660\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_9eN56Rh8XrbOIl&#038;asin=0358359910&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Probably any of the Best American Essays\u2026 volumes would be of interest; I chose this one because I happen to have it on hand, and perusing a few think we would find things of interest in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. <em>The Best American Essays of the Century<\/em> (Joyce Carol Oates and Robert Atwan), 2000 (570 pages).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Best American Essays of the Century (The Best American Series)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"660\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_Uk1qEbHjjXko8x&#038;asin=0618155872&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; I like this one because it has essays every sampled from the entire 20th C \u2013 usually 4-8 from each decade, and it has a lot of authors I think I\u2019d enjoy reading. Didn\u2019t notice any any duplicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. <em>The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present<\/em>, ed. Phillip Lopate, 1995. &nbsp;(770 pages).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"660\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_KUJ8ePERhUeUaW&#038;asin=038542339X&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; This is more like the Oxford Book of Essays, but it is less focused on British essays, and includes some ancient forerunners (e.g., Seneca), non-British founders of the form (e.g., Montaigne), non-American\/English writers (Borges), and a good selection of American writers. I noticed only one or two overlaps (On the Pleasure of Hating), and I think the two GKC essays are better examples (On Running After One\u2019s Hat, and A Piece of Chalk) which hopefully indicates that Lopate has a more discriminating eye then our last editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. <em>The Contemporary American Essay<\/em>, ed. Phillip Lopate, 2021 (640 pages) \u2013 covers past 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Contemporary American Essay\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"660\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_PgfDzBTdmhdL8B&#038;asin=0525567321&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212; Seems promising, but, at least at a skim, didn\u2019t care for the first two essays, the second of which was by one of my favorite essayists (Nicholson Baker)\u2026 That said, I wouldn\u2019t rule it out forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cartoon\">Cartoon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoyed this cartoon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2-1024x789.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2-1024x789.png 1024w, https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2-768x591.png 768w, https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-2.png 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"walking\">Walking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Went for a walk at Minihaha Creek. Did just under two miles. Pretty window, but not nearly as blusterous as it became after I got back home. The walk felt fine &#8212; if a bit chilly &#8212; but when I got home I was tired and, after a bit, took a half-nap. Don&#8217;t think I went to sleep, but felt groggy afterwards. <\/p>\n<p>Views: 9<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 18 February 2022 Meteorology This morning began with cumulus transitioning to stratus clouds, with steadily rising temperatures. 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