Midnight Rain

A bit of a rough night. It did rain. At about two. At least it was only a light rain instead of the threatened thunderstorms. Ash and Coco came in readily enough, but Sammy was doing his midnight rounds in the neighborhood apparently, and it took him a couple of hours to make it in.

Scary Sky

I wish I could take pictures and post them on the Net. I went outside to get Pop’s newspaper before it resumed raining, and I cannot recall seeing clouds like these. They look like dirty sheets of cotton balls. There is just enough light behind them to give them a creepy, threatening glow. I’m thinking, “Tornados?” It is probably just storms brewing. But it makes me nervous.

The Microwave Oven

1150.

So odd. When I am alone in the kitchen, I cannot get the microwave oven to work. Pop has no trouble with it. And now that he is in the kitchen with Kay, I can get it to work. Is it just a fluke?

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Jan. 1, 2014

It was flukey. One has to tap the door flap, on occasion, to get it turning and cooking now. It’s a minor quirk that we can live with.

Edmund Burke

Here is Burke’s horrified reaction to the French revolution, focusing on the tragedy of Marie Antoinette.

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“It is not sixteen or seventeen years since I last saw the Queen of France … at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision … little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.”

-- Edmund Burke

{Source: Jesse Norman, “Edmund Burke: The First Conservative”}

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Pop and Kay

Pop and Kay were having an early dinner, and I figured that they were going to retire to the big room for TV soon, but they are not. In fact, they are doing something Christmassy tonight. They are wrapping presents. I’m glad I didn’t shut down the laptop before asking for their plans. I know I’m not very good at predictions.

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She even hums Carols while she wraps.