Guess what? Yup!! More rain. It started out as gentle as a rain forest and then late morning it began raining hard. Everything is saturated and there is a lot of run-off which is really bad for folks in the low areas.

It looks like John and Barb are getting winds and heavy rain just north of New Orleans. I hate to think what it might be doing to new building in the 9th Ward. There are so many people who have poured money in the restoration process and even worse, all the people who are hoping to go back “home.”

Nature isn’t always pretty. It looks like the whole earth has a lot going on internally which radiates to the surface. There is more talk of earthquakes and the recent one in China gets my attention. When I still worked for the HWY Patrol they gave all of us areas that we were to report to in case the Madrid Fault caused a catastrophe earthquake as it did years ago. It’s something at the time I felt was like betting on a horse at the tracks. We don’t expect to win but just the same we’d better make it around the track. Just in case.

It seems in most people’s lives we do a lot of preparation that is never needed. It only takes the Twin Towers to show us anything is possible and getting ready for it after it happens is much worse than being over-prepared. I will always have the utmost respect and gratitude for the men and women who ran into harms way to save people they didn’t even know.

Today is a special day for my brother-in-law and his wife. It is Richard’s birthday and also their wedding anniversary. I wish them the happiest of days as they fly to the east coast to visit their grandchildren and family.

The Queen Mary is a monstrous ship designed to sail any sea or ocean. Still, we would go further in a row-boat if the QM stayed anchored at the docks. I say any of us can do better at “something” rather than think we can’t do “anything.” Just get your paddles out and start rowing…..you’ll be surprised how far you can go.

Essentially Esther