Of Hurricanes and drama

Here I am in Central Texas and yet one more Hurricane is about to hit the coast. Oh but this one had so much promise. I have lost count how many have preceeded it, each one with the promise of soaking rain, no such rain delivered. Ike is is likely to repeat this sorry little drama as it's predecessors have. I have long since derived any pleasure from the herds of meterologists standing on the seawalls of Texas getting drenched when a surge heads skyward and I have wondered, is it considered a rite of passge for some weather person to be blown sideways in a 60 mile an hour wind? Inevitably I am required to calm my mother down when she calls thinking the entire state of Texas is under water. Drama and media are enextricably entertwined, how can that be argued, with a presidential election on the horizon. For that reason I watch little or no Television, I listen to news on radio, I think it is important to know what is going on. I do get tired of the drama and the hyperbole and take it with a grain of salt. Yesterday I spoke beiefly of clarity of mind, having had experienced a day of such clarity and knowing today will be the same or better, I feel I have gone over a hump. I do not know what my physical state is going to be, I regularly get tired and need to nap but I am thrilled with the fact that mind is clearing and will consider this a victory.

Always with love,
Tony.