enough with the rain, already!

Another rainy day at the cottage.


What earth was I going on about, awhile ago, saying how much I loved gray days? Enough of the rain already. I want some sun! Of the ten days we've been here, two have been sunny.

While I wouldn't normally mind this so much, it's a bit more of an annoyance right now. Ordinarily I would be content to hide myself in a cozy cabin with a crackling fire and a good book. Right now, however, I can read about 10 or 15 minutes at a time before my arms need a break, and I'm finding that there's not a heck of a lot I can do while I'm resting my arms except watch episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on my laptop. Speaking of Buffy, there are some season one and season two spoilers later in this Blathering.

Yesterday there were a few hours of patchy sunshine. Feeling like a desert island survivor suddenly spotting a small box of jelly bellies washing up on shore, I immediately grabbed a pillow and blanket and sat in a deck chair with my book. As much as I'm enjoying Buffy, I'd rather rest my arms watching whitecaps on a windblown lake then a vampire chewing on someone's head.

For a few hours, it was my favorite kind of day. Blustery wind, sunshine, cool, with clouds scudding across a brilliant blue sky. I finished reading "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain, a book I started the day before. Loved this book, must find more about this author. Some of the real-life stories in this book were horrifying. What was I thinking, having Sunday brunch? Ordering seafood on any other day other than Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? I loved the author's description of his experience in Japan; some of it sounded so familiar to the trip that Jeff and I took several years ago. Some really clever writing, wonderful descriptions in this book. I don't think I would enjoy hanging out with the author as a person, though.



Jeff with his new camera, on a rare sunny day.


But back to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I am completely hooked. Nearly at the end of Season Two. It's an interesting experience, watching two years' worth of episodes in about a week or so. You really get a sense of how the characters are developing, and it's the characters that are keeping me hooked, even the nasty ones. I love Spike and Drusilla. Cried when Jenny Calendar was killed (saw that one today). And I agonize for Willow and Oz, because one of the only Buffy episodes I've seen on television was the one where Oz left Willow, heartbroken and confused.

Work on my column for Moira is going well; encouraging, since it is my first "article"-type of writing project since my arm problems began. I'm using a combination of ViaVoice and AppleScript to write the piece. Slow going, but at least I'm writing the column again.

As you may have guessed. It was too cloudy last night to check out the lunar eclipse. Very frustrating, since the cloud cover was thin enough that we could see the light of the moon shining through. We kept hoping for the wind to clear the clouds just for a few minutes, but it never happened. Ah well. There are supposed to be some more this year, so perhaps the weather will cooperate then.

(This entry was written with ViaVoice, a voice recognition program, which sometimes has its own sense of humor. Please forgive any spelling or grammar quirks which Debbie has missed while editing. Thank you. )

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