Current Status... Sunday night. Preparations complete or under way for a new week. Trash is going out. iPod is being synced. Cats are in for the night. Daylight Savings Time went off in the wee hours this morning, and I enjoyed getting to sleep late without it being very late (9:00 a.m. I think). The day seemed very, very long...in a good way. Until 5:00 p.m., when life "went dark," as if the outdoor lighting had been turned off at a big switch. So now, at 11:00 p.m., it feels like it's been dark for weeks. It always takes me several weeks to get used to this. I'm happy for the extra hour, but the darkness driving home is disorienting, to say the least. Tonight we watched the last two chapters of Band of Brothers. Wow. Incredibly moving. Really loved that Demian Lewis. 

Lately I'm thinking... I wonder how Cathy and Demian are coming with the cabin. Did they finish painting and nailing up the clapboard? Do they have any plumbing -- kitchen sink, bathtub, toilet? Do they have a generator, some wiring and some lights? Can they pump water inside the house?

Currently reading...The Message of Water. I'll have to look up the author's name later: it's a Japanese doctor who studied water crystals around the world and in doing so couldn't help discovering that The Word is the greatest Power, and the most powerful words in any language are "love and gratitude." How is this all connected? You'll have to read it for yourself; it's too subtle and complicated to go into here. 

This is really interesting... A distant relative called tonight out of the blue, asking about my mother. ...And the election is in TWO DAYS! And all the urban liberals are scared to death that, though victory seems eminent, it could be snatched away through chicanery or malfunction or pure evil or all three.

The Soapbox: Choose hope, not fear!