More Rain!

 I woke up in the dark, in the night, to flashes of lightening and thunder. I went right back to sleep. Cool and damp and cloudy this morning after yet another shower of rain, the best kind. Rain chances improve Monday and Tuesday. I might not put up the flag tomorrow, lest it be desecrated by raindrops. And I don't fancy dashing outside several times to lower it as it starts to rain and raise it again when the rain halts, and in and out and up and down, until it all comes to resemble a farce. We don't want flag etiquette to become a farce, do we? And I don't want it to stay outside in the rain and get all droopy and flaccid. Better to keep it safely indoors, all warm and dry and cozy. So I accomplished quite a lot yesterday. Many tasks completed. I'm experimenting with Tai Chi moves combined with dynamic tension. That Charles Atlas thing. Surprisingly strenuous. I did some of that after weights. It might be better to use that before the weights, as a kind of warm-up. Well, it sure looks as though it could rain again this afternoon. We sure do need it. The playa lakes are still too low. 

More rain. It pleasures me. 

Vintage Evening!

 A fine morning! A thunderstorm east of us provided cool outflow winds and dark clouds and distant rumbles. It was good to be on the patio with my wine, surrounded by lush vegetation, in privacy, and savor the outdoors. And this morning it was partly cloudy, and quite cool, and it seems that mild temperatures and pleasant breezes will be with us, and chances for similar storms this evening are good. One goes ah. And two go ah ah, and so on. Ah ah ah. Can you have too many? I think not. I did well in the gym yesterday, too. Strength gains at my age are gratifying. I was gratified. 

At this very moment, I enjoy iced coffee. I still have windows open, and cool and fresh air circulates, but it is beginning to warm and it will be a warm day. Not hot. But warm. I have a large window near me, in this, my office. I look out that window upon a wall of green, green and growing things that will, by late summer, reach up to the eaves of this house-- a wall of stems and leaves, with complexities of light and shadow within. More ah. More AH! It pleasures me!

Yet More Rain!

 It was cool and wet yesterday morning and this morning it is cool and damp. Much better than having scorching heat and ultra dry air, let me tell you. Yes, this could be a very nice Memorial Day weekend. There is even talk of a peace deal but make no mistake, Israel will sabotage any such deal. Chosen people my arse. Ancient tribal myths need to die. Priestly propaganda. Self-aggrandizing fantasy. These things have no place in modern society. Not that modern society is such a grand thing. It certainly does not need to be contaminated with superstition. Of any sort. Of any variety. The less tribalism the better The less nationalism the better. It's like, we're all one. Can you dig it, man! HAHAHAHAH! Human nature guarantees human extinction. It's baked into the hodgepodge that evolution built. Animals with pretensions and illusions are still animals, live as animals, die as animals, and rot as animals. Be kind to animals. 

The true cost of this clusterfuck--so far:

The true cost.

It DID Rain!

 We are not cursed, apparently. At least, not yet. It was a GOOD rain. Today it is cool and humid so far, and very cloudy. Chances of rain are diminished but not zero. It feels good. It feels fine. In my local reality everything lines up. The lines of sight are clear. I have but one important task today, and after that the rest is gravy. The rest looks to be easy. The weekend might not be dreary, and perhaps even cheery. It could be a time to make merry. And still, it is the month of Mary! Hot diggety dawg, as they exclaim in the land of Nod. Close up all of your eyes real tight, and you might see God. And if not that, then a dog will do. 

Lucky you. 

Cool Cloudy Maybe Rain

 If we don't get rain today I might conclude that we are cursed! At any rate, the break in the heat is really neat. Memorial Day weekend might be quite nice here. I won't travel. I never do anymore. And with gas prices the way they are. Nice to know that for a certain billionaire, those increased gas and food prices are "peanuts". Truly a man of the people. A man who cares. NOT! 

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