Bohemian Delilah

Rain fell on Skagit Valley.

And it rained a fever. And it rained a silence. And it rained a sacrifice.
And it rained a miracle. And it rained sorceries and saturnine eyes of the totem.

Water spilled off the roofs and the rain hats. It took on the colors of
neon and head lamps. It glistened on the claws of nighttime animals.

And it rained a screaming. And it rained a rawness.
And it rained a plasma. And it rained a disorder.

–Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction

Whenever it really rains I think of this. Especially the “it rained a fever.” Last night was one of these rains. I drove home through it from a fabulous Girls Going Out “New Members Meeting.” I had forgotten the importance of another woman’s views. Aside from my sisters I haven’t sat down and had a real conversation with another woman for some time. I’m really excited about working with GGO, and I truly believe that everyone should join.

But the rain. I don’t drive in the rain. So that was fun. Even better was thinking it was over and going to get a salad (the Helene, with feta instead of parmesan from Tryst, amazing, it’s got dried cranberries!). We turned around after ordering and found a sheet of rain. Freezing, very wet (duh!) rain. There wasn’t a layer (and I was wearing a few) that wasn’t soaked on me. You don’t get rain like this in the West.

I’ve missed it.

Site news: There are a number of sites I read I’ve not bothered to list as links. This is a situation I’m trying to remedy. Look for a link page in a few days. For now I would like to point out three I’ve had a lot of fun checking out in the last couple of days.

• Rude Cactus has the greatest cat pic ever. (Sorry, Dames, you’ve got a cute cat, but nothing on this.)
• NobodyHere has the coolest site map I’ve ever seen. Also, a lot of interesting writing. I haven’t had as much fun navigating my way through a website since I first got onto the web.
• Knitty is an online knitting magazine. I’ve completed the fuzzy feet as a birthday gift for my sister (my first project!), and if I can do it, well, I think anyone can. The site makes it easy to find something for your skill level and has a lot of great links to other great knitting sites.

Life is so good.