A lengthy rain

By now, Phoenicians will have noted the day's rain, which has obscured knowledge of sunrise and sunset, and has made the ground rather wet. Altogether pleasing.

I set out this morning to work on my dissertation proposal, and so I have managed to catch up on a bit of written correspondence and finish grading. And now I am cooking things, for one must eat. In the midst of things, I visited Three Roots and engaged in a lively discussion on academia, an event which is definitely not conducive to proposal-writing.

Perhaps I will read Murakami instead. Now that I've begun the book, it has popped up everywhere--at someone's house, in an overheard conversation at the coffeeshop. And no wonder--it is popular among academic circles.

Flash floods

For once, the odd strangled chirpy "emergency broadcast" sounds on the radio meant something: flash flood warnings for areas a bit north of here (I doubt my area will be affected). Crazy times. Good thing I know how to row. *smirk* Too bad the boats are on the other side of the river. They've closed the lake as well, so it's back to river times again. I should go and take a picture.