Early Morning Thoughts

I am finding television so not worth watching these days. I  watch reruns of "Star Trek: Any Flavor", which is pretty silly because I actually have them all {except the originals} on DVD! I have been catching a bit of "House" here and there but although I like Hugh Laurie and have liked the episodes I more-or-less watch, I am not hooked. I do like "Project Runway" a lot, though. Oh, and "Top Chef" when it comes back.

This morning I was woken at 5 am by gusts of wind blowing against the side of the house where the bedroom is. I remember that Fred said he had taken the deck umbrella down last night because the forecast said wind but *I* didn’t remember to take down the small pots on the the edge of the rails. Oh well, if they have been blown over I will just pick them up. The other day one of the boxes got blown over, much to my surprise. I have always assumed they were safe because of the weight of the soil.

I checked and retightened my gas cap but I still have the "check engine" light on. And much to my surprise, I got email from the dealership service department reminding me of my appointment tomorrow. Also tomorrow evening is the book club meeting. The book is Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell. I actually had it on my Kindle because I had caught a bit of the Masterpiece version of it on TV a while ago. When I see something that I like on television which is from a book, I almost always get the book.

While I am writing this, I am also feeding CDs into my computer. I am amazed I have got so many Leonard Cohen CDs. And also a bunch of Cohen songs sung in tribute by other people. {However, I think my biggest genre is classical music.} It is pretty interesting to compare songs from when he was much younger with songs of his more mature age. He actually can’t sing at all and as he got older he started to almost "talk" the songs which is much better. What he is, however is a great great songwriter. I was surprised and amused one year when I was in England to read in the paper an interview with Prince Philip going on and on about why he liked the songs of Leonard Cohen so much. And, yes, I DO know that LC is Canadian! {People keep telling me this…}

Well, it is a little after 7 am. I have been to the bathroom followed by eating a banana.  And now I am thinking I may go back to bed again for a while…

QUOTATIONS:

"There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way."

Christopher Darlington Morley (1890-1957)