weather update

Weather's turning cold, temperatures range from 5 to -1 this week. It's nothing compared to Illinois where it's been snowing, but hell it's still cold, especially when you have to stand around waiting for the bus.

a windy thursday

The wind is howling like there's no tomorrow.
I have the feeling I'll be staying in today.
Rather than stepping out into the possible likelihood that I'll blown away.

(The storms are raging throughout England and apparently it's so bad that the Brighton & Hove bus company's only putting out single-decker buses along the coastal roads. )

for now, a moment

I returned from several hours in school - digging up some old books from the library (including a lovely 1937 edition of a Rudyard Kipling book) and talking to a couple of my lecturers about term papers - to delight in a respite from the howling wind. No longer is it rattling at my window, trying to force its way in to freeze me from head to toe. No longer are the waves bashing against the pebbled shore. No longer did I have to stagger against the wind when crossing Middle Street to get to the flat.

But not for long I'm sure. The forecast is showers over the rest of the week, although Saturday has the glorious forecast of "Cloudy", a good sign as I'm off to Bath and Stonehenge!

come again another day

I knew that spell of sunshine wouldn't last forever...I woke up to a gloomy Monday, the streets slick with rain, the waves a surfer's dream.

Staying in

I'm supposed to go to the school library to do some reading for Tuesday's class. But the rain doesn't seem to have stopped from yesterday morning and the wind's gone wild again.


Looking out of my window sure isn't pretty.


Surely that's a good reason to stay home instead and down plenty of hot tea.

I'm after all, well stocked with books!