Episode 18: Weather Folklore

Before radar, satellites, and apps, there was the sky—and those who knew how to read it. In this episode, we explore the sayings passed down through generations, like rings around the moon before snow, red skies at morning, the hush before a storm. Are these just old wives’ tales, or do they hold real observational wisdom?

Our ancestors lived close to the land, watching patterns, seasons, and subtle shifts in nature to guide their decisions. Somewhere along the way, many of us stopped looking up.

Joined by Kevin Myatt of Cardinal News, we wander through pieces of weather wisdom and regional lore—examining what holds truth, what doesn’t, and what these sayings reveal about how people once lived in rhythm with the natural world. Along the way, Chuck Miller weighs in on how we might begin to incorporate these observations back into our own lives—what it means to live with that kind of awareness, and what we may need to remember again in order to do so. More than prediction, this episode asks a deeper question: what might we gain by paying attention again?