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Un Jour de Pluie

The rain, it comes.

You know you live in the desert when it rains and you're confused about what, exactly, is going on.  This is after 25 years in the Willamette Valley, where it rains 10 months out of the year.

Still. Brain trying to recollect what one does when it rains.

Tesla is completely befuddled by the moisture from the sky, because she spent her Spring rainy season in our corporate apartment as a young pup, only experiencing the rain that blew/dripped in past the patio covering.

(I apologize for the crick in your neck. I'm not techy enough to figure out if the orientation can be changed. But cute, no?)

Right now, Tesla will ring her bells to go outside; I'll open the door, she'll take in the scenery and decide - no, actually, not worth it.

Just kidding.

I've been reading The Paris Wife, FINALLY - I've wanted to read it for some time, but the Kindle edition is on the pricier side, and the wait list at the library took a long time...

...anyway, reading it now, and oh. My. Goodness.  Poor Hadley! An excellent read so far, The Paris Wife tells the story of the first Mrs. Hemmingway from her perspective, from meeting Ernest in Chicago to marrying him at the age of 28 (he was 21). They moved shortly after the wedding to Paris - and not the nice part of Paris, either - and make a home for them while he struggled to find himself as a writer.

Writers are difficult people in the best of times; Hemingway had hemochromatosis, the inability to metabolize iron, as well as (most likely) bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

He also drank like a fish.

Easy man to be married to? Not so much.


Another book that makes for terrific rainy-day reading?

Jenny B. Jones' There You'll Find Me  is perfect for a day with precipitation.  I should have realized it was also perfect for an airplane ride...I slogged through a truly terrible book (actually, two of them) on the flight back from St. Louis, which was painful because Danny's book was absolutely brilliant.

He'd giggle at his book and I'd role my eyes at the pages (and pages) of limp characterization.

I came home and pulled out There You'll Find Me.  I loved it for all of the reasons that I loved Anna and the French Kiss - a very real, very likeable heroine, a gorgeous setting, and a crush-worthy boy.

(Speaking of, Stephanie Perkins has a new novel out.  I'll get back to you on that...)

There You'll Find Me treads perfectly across themes of loss and hope, romance and change, friendship and grief.  Did I mention it's funny? That the protagonist refers to Pride and Prejudice as the single girl's Magna Carta?

Really, it's grand. Trust me.

So if it's rainy where you are - these are the books! Grab a mug of tea (carefully) and tuck yourself into bed with a book.

Or, if you're Tesla, you can go catch a raindrop.

They were the 'Joy Boys' of Washington DC radio

The Joy Boys, Ed Walker and Willard Scott, who entertained Washington DC listeners on WRC radio from 1955 to 1972.
The Joy Boys was a popular daily improvised comedy radio show in Washington, D.C., United States, between 1955 and 1974 that launched the broadcast careers of the program's co-hosts, Willard Scott and Ed Walker. The two did various skits and satirized prominent people of the day, such as Scott's character "Arthur Codfish" (mocking Arthur Godfrey). They both regularly parodied NBC-TV's Huntley-Brinkley Report with their own zany "Washer-Dryer Report". Walker told an interviewer years later that the duo imitated some 20 voices in all....Wikipedia

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 Video above of The Joy Boys, Eddie & Willard, as they host their final show at WRC Radio (NBC) 4001 Nebraska Avenue on Friday afternoon, October 6th, 1972. 
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Picture Talking : Good Morning, Sunshine

Picture is taken from :

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Topic starter : Monday, October 3, 2011 (9:52 am)

Good morning, Sunshine

How are you doing today?

I hope you're feeling good

Cause I need you around today

Especially inside my heart

My day ain't start that good

Couple of rows, shouting and fighting

That drains out my energy

So now you see

Why I so badly need you, right?

I've heard so much about you

They say you can wipe away

Even the darkest clouds!

Can you really do that, Sunshine?

They're not exaggerate about it?

That'd be soo cool

If they're right about you

Cause you're exactly

The kind of person I need

To solve my problems

Dear Sunshine,

Are you always that bright and shiny?

Haven't you ever felt gloomy

Even the slightest bit?

How can you be that way everytime?

Aren't you ever felt tired

Having to sparkle all the time?

Don't you ever want to have a break

And do something different

Than what you usually do?

Oh, how I wish

I could be like you, Sunshine

To always shine no matter what

To be the light

Even in the dark

Can I be you, Sunshine?

Do you think it's a good idea?

Can you tell me how to be you?

You wouldn't mind if I'm like you, right?

Or would you?

Ahh, Sunshine, thank you for listening

To my morning mumblings

Now I know for sure that they're right about you

You're so kind and generous

And a very good listener

My inner world is a bit brighter now

Please be around for some more time

Until it's all bright again

And then I'll let you go

To light up the live of others

Take a good care of yourself, Sunshine

Stay as fabulous as you already are

Up in the sky you will always be

Be the kind of light everyone must see

And each morning you will surely greet me

Topic ended : Monday, October 3, 2011 (10:33 am)

-Indah-

Person To Person with Edward R Murrow

BUY: Person to Person TV Episodes

On October 2 in 1953, Person to Person with Edward R Murrow, premiered on CBS TV. Murrow, with lit cigarette in hand, hosted the popular interview program for 8 seasons, establishing him as a TV icon after decades as chief of CBS Radio News. Edward Roscoe Murrow, KBE (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965 was an American broadcast journalist. He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada. Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, and Alexander Kendrick considered Murrow one of journalism's greatest figures, noting his honesty and integrity in delivering the news. A pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of TV news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Person to Person was a popular television program in the United States that ran from 1953 to 1961. Well-respected news reporter Edward R. Murrow hosted it until 1959, interviewing celebrities in their homes from a comfortable chair in his New York studio (his famous opening: "Good evening, I'm Ed Murrow. And the name of the program is 'Person to Person'. It's all live – there's no film"). More from Wikipedia | Murrow Bio Wikipedia

Song : Setialah

Gambar diambil dari :

http://yfc.tumblr.com/post/1445216090/ruel-holy-righteous-faithful-till-the-end

Topic starter : Sabtu, 1 Oktober 2011 (1:29 pm)

Tadi pas lagi masak pasta buat nyokap, tiba2 gua terpikirkan sebuah lagu yang sering dinyanyikan jaman Sekolah Minggu dulu.

Begini lagunyaa..

~.*.~

"Setialah"

Setia, setialah

Setialah sampai mati

Seperti Tuhan Yesus

Setialah sampai mati

Apakah jawabanmu

Untuk kasih setiaNya?

Setia, setialah

Setialah sampai mati

~.*.~

Sampai sekarang gua masih suka terkagum2 tiap kali kembali menyanyikan lagu anak2 Sekolah Minggu, karena liriknya yang sederhana dan banyak diulang2 itu udah merangkum banyak hal yang memang perlu diketahui sejak dini dan terus dipertahankan walau umur telah banyak bertambah!

Setialah sampai mati..

Bisakah kita tetap setia padaNya sampai akhir perjalanan kita di dunia ini? Semoga.. semoga.. karena banyak hal yang bisa terjadi dalam perjalanan hidup kita menuju akhir.. gua rasa dengan kekuatan sendiri, kita akan gampang sekali goyah ketika dihantam berbagai cobaan, karenanya jangan pernah lupa untuk selalu mohon kekuatan yang berasal daripadaNya karena hanya Tuhan yang bisa memampukan kita melalui apapun yang terjadi dalam hidup kita ;)

Topic ended : Sabtu, 1 Oktober 2011 (2:41 pm)

-Indah-