
2025-08-05 12:54:57
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A quick visualization of the Yuba River at highway 49: temperature and flow. Local wisdom is July 4 is when it's safe to swim and that seems about right on the graphs.
I knocked this together with an AI so I'm not 100% sure the visualization is correct. More notes here.
Sadly, old school, thank you notes are a dying thing.
The wife received a rather large gift, and she wanted to write a note to the person. With her stroke, she has issues writing, so she composed a rough note on a pad for me. I transcribed the note and added wording to reflect her gratitude and thanks. My wife loved the draft, and I then used my good fountain pen and parchment paper to write the note.
It takes only a few minutes and is more meaningful than a quick text messag…