Monday Morning

That rain didn't fall. I kept the cats inside and broke my sleep for nothing. Maybe I scraped together three hours of sleep altogether.

And I'll be keeping them in again. The chances for rain this evening are stronger, and it looks like it wants to rain now.

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1130

It is proving to be quite the rainy day. There's even a little thunder for affect.

It means more weekly mows, but it is nice not to have to worry about the watering. It's funny: watering is easier and not as dirty and sweaty as mowing the lawn, but watering somehow feels like more of a burden.

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1530

A little after one o'clock, the rain has stopped and the sun is in full shine in a clear blue sky. I would bet that we are through with this rain system, but they are forecasting a fair chance of rain overnight. However, even if the forecast was dry, I would still be keeping the cats inside tonight. We really are drenched again.

1945 Camus on Hiroshima

When reflecting on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945, Camus insisted that “technical civilization has just reached its highest level of savagery.” He wrote a forceful editorial that stressed that civilization must choose between collective suicide and using its scientific conquests wisely. He insisted that it would be “indecent” to join the chorus celebrating such a discovery. Henceforth, a truly international society of equals would be the only solution, and the “only struggle worth engaging in” is for peace.

-- Ronald Aronson, “Camus and Sartre”