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Good Morning. The coffee’s hot, the floor’s cold, and I’m still somewhere in between.

That’s the space where you’re not asleep anymore but not quite living yet. Body’s moving, brain’s lagging behind. The coffee pulls you forward, the cold floor reminds you you’re still here, and somewhere between those two things you find the day waiting.

Backwoods Weather Report – Port Loring, Ontario
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025

Well, it’s a chilly morning here in Port Loring, sitting at about 29°F (-1.4°C). The air’s heavy and damp with 84% humidity, and the barometer’s dropped to 29.14 inches (986.7 mbar) which is a sure sign of unsettled weather heading our way. The wind’s calm for now, drifting lightly out of the north-northeast, but that still air seldom lasts long this time of year.

For today, expect the clouds to thicken up as the hours pass. We could see some light flurries or a touch of cold drizzle later on. Temperatures should hover right around 32°F (0°C) through the afternoon, maybe a degree or two either way. That low pressure system is likely to hang around most of the day.

Tonight, things will cool off a bit more, sliding down near 25°F (-4°C). There’s a fair chance of light snow or freezing drizzle if the dampness sticks around. The wind might pick up slightly from the east, but nothing too strong.

Tomorrow, expect it to stay mostly cloudy and cold, with maybe a few breaks of sun toward the afternoon if the barometer starts to rise again. Once that pressure begins to steady, we can look for a calmer stretch of weather heading into the weekend.

Nature’s Signs:
The birds are quiet this morning, which often means weather’s about to shift. Yesterday the squirrels were in a hurry, packing away whatever they could find which is another sign of change coming. The air’s got that heavy, still feel that sits before a mix of snow and drizzle.

On another note yesterday my wife and I went to North Bay to pick up some supplies. Had a great day other than the money we spent as well… things are sure expensive. It wasn’t long ago one could go into a grocery store and walk away feeling pretty good that the money he or she had was well spent, now a days well not so much. What once was a shopping cart full cost around fifty dollars, now you can add an extra zero onto that figure. And the worst part is a lot of things we are buying aren’t all that healthy anymore. Vegetables were good, now covered with chemicals that eventually make you sick. Meat that once was grass fed, now loaded with god knows what. Heck even what they package the meat in is pumped full of gas to keep it looking good. And the other thing is that 3/4 of the other stuff in the store isn’t something one should be even looking at, let alone buying it… chips, pop, candy, you name it. At any rate it is what it is, not that I like it mind ya, but not much one can do neither.

Once we had the groceries loaded in the car we had lunch at a restaurant we’d never been to before. Won’t mention any name. The food was so so and here again for a burger and fries times two we were almost fifty dollars lighter in our wallets when we walked out. Kind of think my wife and I are going to go back to the way we used to do things, like making a sandwich and our own thermos of coffee before we leave. Actually we used to enjoy doing that… get things done then stop along the highway, take in the sights and enjoy our meal in the car. Yep that is what we are going to do.

So what are you up to today GW?

Well today I am going to pick up some potatoes from some friends of ours, they grow their own. After that I am thinking a coffee will be in order and then will get back to making them flutes I have on the go. At least that is the plan. I did light my old shop stove earlier this morning which should have warmed things up nicely. Nothing like a warm woodworking shop let me tell ya, makes an old feller like me feel alive and wanting to do things.

So with that I am off for my breakfast that my lovely wife has made for me which consists of a few breakfast sausages that we picked up yesterday and an egg on an English muffin.

Until the next time: Keep Your Minds Open & Your Stories Alive. GW