Intense storm this morning. I think I drove through the worst of it into town, there were places where the water on the road was pushing my car around. When I get home I will have to check the pond, it is still muddy from Sunday morning's rain. The weather has managed to stay fairly cool for this time of year and the pansies are still blooming nicely.

I started reading Cryptonomicon this week. I think I am in love. Again. I am thankful that a publisher would accept and present to the public a book like this. I hope I remember to read The Alchemist in time.

Last week's book club was fun. The"Guernsey" book was easy to read and filled with lots of factoids. The plot was silly enough to mitigate the images of death that filled these peoples' lives, but not so out of line to ruin the read. One of the things I most enjoyed was the list of all the authors and works that inspired the characters. Charles Lamb kicks off the list, and then we find Wordsworth, Shakespeare, Austen, Coleridge and even some Roman Senators. I spent time on gutenburg downloading and reading. The scan of Lamb's A Masque of Days, Newly Dressed & Decorated was so beautiful! I want to find a hard copy and just hold it in my hands. Next month we are reading The Alchemist.