another night of rain - it's been raining a lot, especially at night when i take little feather, our yorkie, for a walk. two nights i took him out there when it was sprinkling, only to have it pour hard before we even got a couple of blocks. tonight i didn't even start. it had rained hard, was then a little lighter, but i wasn't taking any chances.

my son came home from israel. he's a lot broker than he was when he left, but otherwise in good shape. he liked israel, felt like they needed him and wanted him, and he met lots of girls. that's important to him at the age of 32, and he might go back. he has to make plans if he wants to go back. they have a program called aliyah that is designed to get people like him to move over there - in his case it might work. but he has to get his feet on the ground here first.

went out in the rain because another son needs meds and snacks late at night. ok i took them over there. i actually kind of like driving around late at night but not too late. i try to be home at all costs by eleven, i think it turns nasty after that. it's not even nice between ten and eleven. but i can handle it, and the rain was kind of nice.

oooh oooh friday night was wild. the air was still, very steamy, heat lightning on all sides of the sky. heat lightning in fact was repeated; pretty soon it was everywhere all the time. i took the dog out anyway. then the wind started and a mighty growl came from the southwest. the wind got stronger; so did the rain. then it was pouring. hard! i took little feather and we ran home. got barely under the porch, it was blowing and raining hard all over the place.

i looked out at the neighborhood and realized this probably wasn't all that unusual. it was, for feather and me. he shook hard and he was still kind of giving himself a bath, the following day.

finished a book (below post). my mind is free to move along. hallelujah!