There is nothing like hick charm in my book even if Nick lovingly mocks Les for the way he says wonderful, won’rful has an endearing quality.
Nancy sent a note this morning after trying to reach me several times – she had a flat in nowhere Virginia and is trying to make sense of it all. I told her that I have stopped thinking about the future – which has been my M.O. most of my life – future plans, goals, this and that – now it’s just right now, this minute because future has proven to be so uncertain – I’m trying to live now and not ask questions about what comes next because really who knows and everything has a way of falling in place – if you look backwards you can connect the dots and a life is pieced together – but trying to put your mind out there into tomorrow or the next day and suggest you have any chance of pulling strings is kind of an inane endeavor anyway – QED Katrina.
A Texas storm blew in yesterday with everyone out of town except Nick, W and I to experience the cataclysmic goings on – W said when we picked him up that he had had a great Wednesday. The temperature dropped 107 to 65 – the heat is off! For the time being this could be more tolerable. Lightning, thunder and howling wind – made me sleep with an ear open – the Muse was electric but then as I actually try to find the words I return to the blank page blank – I hate laying out the sentimental, the kind of ooey gooey – so then I don’t write at all. I just think of life as one big chess game where sometimes I am the Queen, sometimes a Pon, and sometimes I am moving the pieces and sometimes another hand is moving them, and sometimes the board sits there unchanged.
Note yesterday from my beloved Dana that she and hers are safe back in Houston after evacuating. Need to go see her – she’s always a good antidote to real world stress. But whirlwind of travel coming up – unfamiliar ceilings to contemplate – more things to miss – and always the anticipation that travel brings.