Hopefully this will be a quiet day. The rain started in again last night. If the ground weren't already saturated, I would call this a "good, soaking rain." However, it is just keeping the mower out of the yard. I'm moderately worried that if I open Speedy's pen, allowing him out into the grass, he will get lost.
Right now, having breakfasted, Lloyd is watching tv with his eyes closed. Speedy went through his lesson repetoire of come/sit/stay/down/stay/leave-it/shake—all of which he can do fairly well, but sometimes the difference between sit-stay and down eludes him. He is now asleep on the loveseat cushion where, if he lifts his head, he can look out the front window. His rump is sliding down—ever so slowly—counterbalanced by his head in the space between the couch and the drapes. I got up to get the camera to share the picture, but he had to move because I did. When he settles, I'll snap the shot. As soon as I post this, I'll pick up Mary Balough's Simply Magic, which I started to read last night. I do love the way she writes: the sense of pathos in the tension between hero and heroine is always exquisite.
Prayers for those in the path of Ike. And also for those who evacuated sensibly before the storm hit.
Speedy on the lookout for anything that moves in all this rain.
The word of the day for September 13, 2008 is "quietude" — Pronunciation: \ˈkwī-ə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin quietudo, from Latin quietus
Date: 1597
: a quiet state : repose .
Our quote for the day is from Sextus Empiricus (2nd or 3rd cen., A.d.), Pyrrhonian skeptic. Outlines of Pyrrhonism, bk. I, ch. iv, p. 7, ed. Loeb Library, Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge (1939):
Scepticism is an ability, or mental attitude, which opposes appearances to judgments in any way whatsoever, with the result that, owing to the equipollence of the objects and reasons thus opposed we are brought firstly to a state of mental suspense and next to a state of “unperturbedness” or quietude.
;^) Jan
4 comments:
He is so sweet, just love that alert expression. I am praying for people in the path of Ike.
Do hope that you are all safe and sound and that the house is watertight...with all the rain about. We have had a very bad week weaterwise as well but nothing like as bad as you are all having. with all that rain about you need some quiet moments !! Much Love Sybil xxx
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I often have to find moments in my day for unperturbedness or quietude. I couldn't survive without them.
I love Lloyds dog Speedy! What a hero he is already, tussling with snakes in the garden...bless him!
He is a handsome 'little critter'.
Love
Jeanie xx
hi jan hope you are not too wet and are well, I am doing the rounds tonight to try and catch up! Speedy is fab! If Sapphire got on my sofa she would break it the great lump lol!!! Have a good weekend and keep safe mrs t xx
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