Wow, it's windy today

Apparently, we're having a bit of a Nor'Easter - wind like you see in movies. I guess it's all over the news. I like the sound of the wind, it's like music. As long as the trees stay upright, we're good. Thankfully, it's not too cold yet and the leaves are still so beautiful. We're in good hands, so don't worry. Being a small town, when the weather becomes an issue, the local police and fire departments activate their automated phone trees to keep people informed in the event of a Coastal Evacuation (holy crap!). There's also the local alert system, kind of like a town-wide intercom, that broadcasts in the event of an emergency (sometimes I think they play it just to mess with us). You just need to know which alerts mean what - we haven't mastered that one yet. It's especially helpful on snow days - "ding dong, ding dong - Rumson Schools are Closed' - this morning the kids asked if it was a "Wind Day" - ha, good try guys -NO, go get ready for school.

In keeping with the theme, do you remember this song - The Wind, such a beautiful song. I will never forget hearing Teaser and the Firecat for the first time. Elementary school, at Suzy Gebers house, listenting to the LP, (yes, I said LP, it was a long time ago, ok) Cat Stevens, dreamy eyes, cool voice, amazing lyrics. I still know the words to all of those songs - WHY??? I have one of those brains. Lyrics stay in my head, ask my family, it's a little scary. When I got my first record player (yep, even before 8 tracks) my favorite group was The Carpenters, (a far cry from Cat Stevens, but they were 'good clean kids'). Go ahead, ask me to sing any of their songs and chances are I'll know all the words. I used to sit in my room with my headphones on singing away. My sister would open my door and all I could see was her mouthing the words, "you can't really sing, you know" - oh well. I have no idea if I can sing, but it feels good and I know all the words! I always wonder how much more cranial capacity I'd have if I could do a lyric data dump. Man, the stuff I could remember.

Anyhow, stay warm and dry.

xoxo,

P