Sky's clear, moon's out, shining on the face of the flood waters. But only a small flood. I needn't have moved the car. Safe than sorry. . . With luck, it'll be down enough that I can make it to town tomorrow for the shopping/banking part of the trip. Will see.
Shopping, banking and windshield wiper repair? Glad you made it back safely, puddle.
Congrats on your son's recognition, listener!
Being a little hard up for something to read, I started Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Circular Staircase (1907). Not my cuppa, so I proceeded to Richard Harding Davis' In the Fog (1901). Much more to my liking for light reading. I have a vague recollection of reading it once before, many years ago. At this point it could be either a exemplar of the Edwardian mystery, or an excellent parody of same; the line between excellence of type and parody can be very thin. Well, looks like a good light read either way.
Modest rain here today, and the knee is OK. I seem to have been a little too enthusiastic about my recovery on Monday and I paid for it on Tuesday morning. But I am learning how to take care of said appendage.
Alan, there's a rewrite of The Circular Staircase called The Bat which is tighter and much more exciting. Not sure, but I think the rewrite is from the '20s. Can't quite recall at the moment, but I think she also had a co-author for the rewrite, but you should be able to find it under her name. I also like The Window at the White Cat.
Son and DIL made it safely to NYC!! Yayyy!!! He said it was pretty sketchy driving for a couple of hours in NY state, but at least it was all rain south of Albany.
Thanks, Alan. Another cool aspect of the story is that some very old friends of ours (a couple we've known since college) came in tonight. Root*Center*Son is godson to the guy, and they were invited by Son to the event. They came with their own son and DIL. AND! It was their DIL who brought the news to Son about being nominated, as she works for the City of Burlington.
PLUS! Our woman friend from college is also a library clerk, two towns away from me, and is related to one of the people in charge of the VT State Library Association, whom I get emails from at times.
Brilliant blue. And what *should* be warm: 52ยบ, but isn't -- there's some kind of very chilly undertone in the wind.
Thick sheeting over the bridge, but low enough to be able to tell that culverts 1, 3, and 5 are fully open. #2 appears to be partly open, and #4 appears to be fully blocked. Which means it'll take longer to go down. Putting off the town trip till tomorrow morning, early; as more rain is expected in the afternoon, and thunderstorms after midnight, so likely to get re-flooded for Saturday.
Sixty and sunny and it *still* feels chill to me. Which it would be if it were July, but. . . .
Been playing country woman: put on ma rubber clogs, rolled up my pants and strolled across the bridge to survey the damage. Not too much erosion on the far side: drivable (slowly). Partly cleared culvert #4, and completely cleared #2, and the water's going down fast. But still think I won't do town till tomorrow morning.
Hey! We have a one-half-moon-pie floating along outside. Stars too. So much for the Winter Weather Advisory going until 1:00am. LOL!
The snow was billed to begin last night at 7pm, but didn't start until 7am. I wonder where it was all that time.
We have a few inches of week-old snow with a dusting atop it. It snowed all day here, but the space where May*Sweetie's truck was this morning was still bare when he came home!
Just 5 miles away in Underhill, they got 2 feet of snow last weekend. Not much since.
Meanwhile, my cousins in southern NH got 14" of new snow. To tell you the truth, I can live with this scenario. I'm tired of playing tag with Winter. It's March and I'm ready for Spring.
That's good, 'cause it just so happens that March is the very month that has Spring in it! AND it's only three weeks away! Got some more chickweed this afternoon -- some of it blooming!
Cat ~~ Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. Looks like after I stopped by a 2 (CST) I didn't get back until midnight. And busy day today as well.
I'm afraid my memory of World Enough and Time and especially of what I said about it is a bit hazy. But I wouldn't try to give any serious scientific rationale. To start with, if Einstein is right then time travel is impossible -- time travel and faster-than-light travel are equivalent concepts. And if alternative universes exist at all, there is certainly no boundary between them.* Since Cat's not a scientist you might have her spend a couple of sentences musing that something like what you describe might have happened, but I wouldn't go beyond that.
*To expand on this a bit: Schroedinger says that his cat is both alive and dead until you open the box and the wave form collapses into one reality or the other. Th Copenhagen interpretation says that there are myriads of universes in which he is alive and myriads in which he is dead. Opening the box tells you which universe you are in, but all those other universes still exist. But they are in totally different realities that have no connection to the one in which you opened the box.
As we begin Third Mont h, Howard is first.
ReplyDeleteYou betcha. Also.
ReplyDeleteSky's clear, moon's out, shining on the face of the flood waters. But only a small flood. I needn't have moved the car. Safe than sorry. . . With luck, it'll be down enough that I can make it to town tomorrow for the shopping/banking part of the trip. Will see.
ReplyDeleteShopping, banking and windshield wiper repair? Glad you made it back safely, puddle.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your son's recognition, listener!
Being a little hard up for something to read, I started Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Circular Staircase (1907). Not my cuppa, so I proceeded to Richard Harding Davis' In the Fog (1901). Much more to my liking for light reading. I have a vague recollection of reading it once before, many years ago. At this point it could be either a exemplar of the Edwardian mystery, or an excellent parody of same; the line between excellence of type and parody can be very thin. Well, looks like a good light read either way.
Modest rain here today, and the knee is OK. I seem to have been a little too enthusiastic about my recovery on Monday and I paid for it on Tuesday morning. But I am learning how to take care of said appendage.
TTFN
Alan, there's a rewrite of The Circular Staircase called The Bat which is tighter and much more exciting. Not sure, but I think the rewrite is from the '20s. Can't quite recall at the moment, but I think she also had a co-author for the rewrite, but you should be able to find it under her name. I also like The Window at the White Cat.
ReplyDeleteMaye try Karen Armstrong's book The Spiral Staircase.
ReplyDeleteSon and DIL made it safely to NYC!! Yayyy!!!
ReplyDeleteHe said it was pretty sketchy driving for a couple of hours in NY state,
but at least it was all rain south of Albany.
NOW I can sleep!
Thanks, Alan. Another cool aspect of the story is that some very old friends of ours (a couple we've known since college) came in tonight. Root*Center*Son is godson to the guy, and they were invited by Son to the event. They came with their own son and DIL. AND! It was their DIL who brought the news to Son about being nominated, as she works for the City of Burlington.
ReplyDeletePLUS! Our woman friend from college is also a library clerk, two towns away from me, and is related to one of the people in charge of the VT State Library Association, whom I get emails from at times.
Such a small world!
Renee & Demetrius ~
ReplyDeleteI see you will be under a SEVERE thunderstorm watch/warning all day.
Prayers ensuing for no tornadoes.
Do take care tomorrow! ♥
Awww...
ReplyDeleteDavy Jones (Monkees) has died at age 66.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17214430
Mickey was my favourite, but they were all just good kids.
Whew!!
ReplyDeleteI guess I should have stayed in bed,
ReplyDeleteMy pillow wrapped around my head,
Instead of waking up to find
A nightmare of a different kind,
Or, you could
ReplyDeleteTake the Last Train to Clarksville. . . .
Brilliant blue. And what *should* be warm: 52ยบ, but isn't -- there's some kind of very chilly undertone in the wind.
ReplyDeleteThick sheeting over the bridge, but low enough to be able to tell that culverts 1, 3, and 5 are fully open. #2 appears to be partly open, and #4 appears to be fully blocked. Which means it'll take longer to go down. Putting off the town trip till tomorrow morning, early; as more rain is expected in the afternoon, and thunderstorms after midnight, so likely to get re-flooded for Saturday.
Good for you, being careful, puddle. We like you just the way you are. :-)
DeleteSixty and sunny and it *still* feels chill to me. Which it would be if it were July, but. . . .
ReplyDeleteBeen playing country woman: put on ma rubber clogs, rolled up my pants and strolled across the bridge to survey the damage. Not too much erosion on the far side: drivable (slowly). Partly cleared culvert #4, and completely cleared #2, and the water's going down fast. But still think I won't do town till tomorrow morning.
Hey! We have a one-half-moon-pie floating along outside. Stars too.
ReplyDeleteSo much for the Winter Weather Advisory going until 1:00am. LOL!
The snow was billed to begin last night at 7pm, but didn't start until 7am.
I wonder where it was all that time.
We have a few inches of week-old snow with a dusting atop it.
It snowed all day here, but the space where May*Sweetie's truck was this morning
was still bare when he came home!
Just 5 miles away in Underhill, they got 2 feet of snow last weekend.
Not much since.
Meanwhile, my cousins in southern NH got 14" of new snow.
To tell you the truth, I can live with this scenario.
I'm tired of playing tag with Winter.
It's March and I'm ready for Spring.
That's good, 'cause it just so happens that March is the very month that has Spring in it! AND it's only three weeks away! Got some more chickweed this afternoon -- some of it blooming!
ReplyDelete19 days and counting!
ReplyDeleteCat ~~ Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. Looks like after I stopped by a 2 (CST) I didn't get back until midnight. And busy day today as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid my memory of World Enough and Time and especially of what I said about it is a bit hazy. But I wouldn't try to give any serious scientific rationale. To start with, if Einstein is right then time travel is impossible -- time travel and faster-than-light travel are equivalent concepts. And if alternative universes exist at all, there is certainly no boundary between them.* Since Cat's not a scientist you might have her spend a couple of sentences musing that something like what you describe might have happened, but I wouldn't go beyond that.
*To expand on this a bit: Schroedinger says that his cat is both alive and dead until you open the box and the wave form collapses into one reality or the other. Th Copenhagen interpretation says that there are myriads of universes in which he is alive and myriads in which he is dead. Opening the box tells you which universe you are in, but all those other universes still exist. But they are in totally different realities that have no connection to the one in which you opened the box.
As I said...somewhere, think it was here on the last thread...this news isn't devastating but still quite distressing.
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