Sometimes I wonder why I even try to write when Thumper is stomping around upstairs and her washing machine is agitating and the dryer vibrating her floor/my ceiling. I'm not going to get anything done.
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Joyce Lionarons
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Retired professor of Medieval Literature; author of The Homiletic Writings of Archbishop Wulfstan (Boydell & Brewer), The Medieval Dragon (Hisarlik), editor of Old English Literature in its Manuscript Context (U of West Virginia P), author of the Matthew Cordwainer and Gavin Rownt medieval mysteries.
Avatar is a photo of a woman (me) in her 70s. Deep pouches under her eyes and short hair that miraculously never turned gray. Header is a photo of a manuscript of Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos.
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Good morning!
Cool but muggy for my early-morning walk at 70F (21C) and 94% humidity. We're going back to normally hot July temperatures now, with a high of 90F (32C).
Lots of big tree branches down from last evening's storm. I'm very lucky my power stayed on. Friends nearby lost power and have been told it will be three or four days before it's restored.
This is not because the storm was so very bad; it's because the electric company's employees went on strike yesterday. We have major storms coming in again tonight. Fingers crossed my power stays on again, and that the company gives the workers what they're asking for right away.
It turns out the fireworks I heard yesterday evening were not set off by neighbors, but rather by the township setting off everything for the show quickly and early before the storm came.
Have a good one, my friends, and keep on keeping on.
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Well, if the radar on the Weather Channel is right, we'll have a pretty big thunderstorm coming right around 9:30 or 10:00 when the local fireworks show is supposed to be on. That's okay with me.
For the first time in years, someone in the neighborhood set off some fireworks for about 20 minutes or so, not so close to my house as to be too very annoying, but I was surprised to hear them, as we usually don't have any. Theo was unperturbed.
I hope you're not having firecrackers close to you, especially if you have pets that will be frightened or if you suffer from PTSD.
I'll be glad when this holiday is over.
#Fireworks #fourthOfJuly #today
This morning the driver of a tanker truck lost control and crashed on the highway not too far from my house. 6,000 gallons of milk spilled onto the highway. The driver was taken to the hospital.
I'm just thankful it was milk and not something toxic. It must smell pretty funky in this heat, though.