For the past few days, we’ve had some rain. In fact, a squall thumped through our neighborhood last night, bringing the thunder and lightning and occasional buckets of rain. A transformer blew a few houses down and killed the lights. The noise of a transformer arcing is pretty cool. Unfortunately just as I was settling into a non-electric evening, the lights returned. The rain – hard and sporadic –has been nice except that is doesn’t make anything cooler. It is still 90 degrees and intensely humid. Is it as hot as Kuwait? No. Then again – I didn’t spend any time in a subway station in Kuwait. The further down the platform you walk, the less prosaic the term “fiery pits of Hell” becomes.

Still – it’s been a nice summer so far. Chris and I finished our drainage trench this weekend (and it seems to work). On Saturday we had a film festival in town. Sat outdoors at the harbor and watched 60 one-minute films from all over the world, including one by my neighbor and two by kids Chris went to school with. Some fun, some arty – all nice to see within walking distance.

The son is prepping for his cross country trip with two friends to deliver a car to the West Coast. I’m hoping this is the experience he needs to jump start his wants and desires. Beats watching VH1 all day long. And I have two concerts planned in the next few weeks. First up – Radio City Music Hall where the band Spiritualized will perform all of their classic LP “Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space” with full orchestra and choir. They did this for their live album and it remains one of my favorites. Then a week later I will be at the Stone Pony to check out Built To Spill. Hopefully something else will come my way before the summer ends.

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