Clouds, Rain, And Snow Cometh

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7:20

Lots of  gray clouds this morning, a bank of them moving above Long Point, from south to north.  A few drops of rain on a 56º morning.  And I am listening to Morning Joe interview Mike Pence go gaga over Trump's speech, constantly referring to his 'broad shoulders, big heart.'  Interesting.   It's now 7:20 and instead of a sunrise, we got a pouring rain, pounding on our roof, as the fog rolled in.  And, finally, in today's Writer's Almanac, the poet Marge Piercy, in her poem "My time in better dresses, " described how her first boss, hated by the staff,  'sucked on his power like a piece of candy.'  What a great line.

Yesterday was another unexceptional day, regular and normal, the way we like them I suppose.  I did make it to yoga, surprise, a decent class of six, then a coffee at Ryder's and home.  Evie, meanwhile, was going through our washing machine guide, trying to figure out what was wrong with our machine.  She obviously has her father's DNA, who could fix anything.  She may have isolated the problem, a belt and will order it from Sears, view the video on how to replace it, and see if it works. If not, she can send it back and we will have to call a repairman or buy a new machine, alas.  It's nice to have a 'handy woman' for a wife.  Less you think I don't do anything...I do pay the bills.

I had a lunch of chicken and rice, put together by Evie from leftovers and watched some TV and read and napped.  Evie made herself go to the gym though it was the last thing she wanted to do, stopped at the grocery store and was home by 3:30.  We both relaxed, watched some TV before dinner and wine time.

5:58 PM

After we watched the last fishing boat disappear behind Long Point, it was time to fix dinner.  Evie fried up some haddock fillets, some home fries, and made coleslaw.  And I made some tartar sauce, to accompany the fish.  We then watched a movie, based on the great book, BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALF TIME WALK.  It's difficult to make a good movie and rarely does the movie stand up to the book.  And it was true of this film.  It was a decent remake, but the cliches, the attempts to tug on the strings of our heart, were obvious and unnecessary.  I would give it a C+, mostly because I loved the book.  Neither the book nor the film paints a very nice picture of us, Americans, who have no idea what it's like to be at war.  "Thank you for your service" becomes not only a cliche but an insult.   Read the book.