Coal Miner’s Granddaughter
Even for Southern California standards, we have had a relatively mild winter so far. Our daytime temperatures have been in the high 70s to low 80s over the past few weeks. Despite the warm days, we do tend to have desert-like temperatures at night. Meaning that – even if it does get to be 80 degrees during the day – it can go as low as the 30s or 40s during the night. Last Thursday, it had been so warm that I put Shane to bed in some sleep shorts and a t-shirt. Unfortunately, Jason and I forgot to set our heat at a low temperature in case it got cold – which it did – so our little man woke up in the wee hours frozen like an ice cube. He climbed into bed with us and I nearly shouted as his frozen toes burrowed into mine. Within a few minutes, he was toasty warm and back to sleep; however, it made me remember some cold days of my youth. When I was little, the country was suffering from the energy crisis. The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exp...