"All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action." - James Russell Lowell

Left the tub running?

Today is our last dry day for about a week. Friday and Saturday will bring light rain all day and the others will be pretty much a steady hard rain with 3/4" or more each.
Oregon.
We're down to less than 10 hours of daylight per day and losing 2.5 minutes per day for the next six weeks when we reach the winter solstice. Ugh. Between shrinking daylight and rainy weather I'm going to be more than ready for some AZ sun come January.

They say the sense of smell is the strongest in terms of evoking memories. We get a whiff of something that instantly takes us back to our childhood or an event from years ago. But some sounds stand out, too.
I remember the distinctive sound the clutch pedal in the DeSoto made when you took your foot off of it and it returned to its normal position. And the click of the push button light switches in Grandma Helen's house. (Remember those? The "On" button with its mother-of-pearl inset?) The sharp rap of the orchestra teacher's baton on his music stand when we'd made a mess of it (again).
What sounds do you remember?

As I type this (4 a.m.) I'm listening to the wood stove go through its ticking routine as the metal expands with the heat of the fire I built. When we first started using it to heat MoHo that ticking stove worried me, but now I know it's the sure sign of climbing temps and that in an hour it will be cozy in here.

This showed up on the community Facebook Page this morning. Love it.

If you didn't see the "60 Minutes" piece on Alma Deutscher last Sunday night go online and find it. She's 14, wrote her first opera at 10, is a legit virtuoso on the piano and violin, and Has A Voice. Her mannerisms seem a bit affected, but who can blame her? That opera, a fresh take on Cinderella, has it's U.S. premier next month after critical acclaim in her native England.
They're saying she's the next Mozart, but she says that while she finds that gratifying she'd rather be the first Alma.
His father called him Amadeus, "loved by God."
I believe Alma's gifts are from God and wonder why he decides to pack that much into one person.
Seriously, we may have a piece of the divine in our midst in this girl.
What were you doing at 10?

It's now 8:30 p.m. and we're just home from our small group. A little coffee, a little dessert, a little TV, and then bed. Today I heard back from two of my three readers and they're in, so I'll work hard tomorrow tightening up the third section. I want to have it out in less than a week. If it rains half as much as they predict there won't be any outside work tomorrow, so I'll focus on the book.