January 29, 2013
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Stormy Weather
It was 50′s and cloudy until time for school to be over…then torrents of rain came down from the skies. On the way to work the Low Fuel alarm beeped…so I had to put gas in the VW in the rain after work. Go to the grocery store and get milk. After supper I decided it was too stormy (thunder and wind as well as rain) to go to the girls basketball game. I guess I’m a fair weather fan.
At lunch I started a new book, Atomic Summer by Elaine Walsh. 3 girlfriends, age 16, in 1953. Bernadette’s family has a bomb shelter where they hang out…enjoying the cool. Faith’s mom died when she was young…and she tries to be a good Catholic. Faith is the only one with a boyfriend. Octavia has to help her mom take care of her brother–not clear what happened/what disease (polio?) but he is bed-ridden, can still hear, barely chew & swallow, communicates only yes/no by blinking his eyes. The Rosenberg trial & execution. Fear of the Atomic Bomb. Fear of Communists. All taking place in a small town in the NE. Has all the makings of a southern dysfunctional family novel, except for the location. Nice touches of humor.
Still above freezing…rain in the morning, turning to snow flurries. No accumulation predicted. Temperatures drop all day tomorrow and winter cold the next 2 days.
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Thought I was the only one who waits to the last drop before gassing up.