1. Assam Tea. This past week, I visited a tea store and bought “Assam Gold” black tea. I am now drinking my first strong, flavorful cup, and I think it’s a winner. I don’t have anything like a professional vocabulary of taste, but I’m told Assam is the basis for most breakfast teas. So if you know what breakfast tea tastes like, this tastes like that, only more so.
2. Lawrence of Arabia. This is probably my favorite movie–no, I won’t even qualify it: Lawrence of Arabia is my favorite movie. Which is why I’m so happy to have finished watching the first half, up until the intermission, last night. Auda Abu Tayi, one of the tribal chiefs who becomes Lawrence’s ally, is described quite accurately in Lowell Thomas’s Lawrence biography as the Robin Hood of the desert, except when he steals from the rich, he retains a portion of the proceeds for himself. In the movie, Auda says the perfectly hilarious line, “You trouble me like women.” …I also started knitting a “Sherlock Holmes” scarf, which is long, and thick, and black.
3. Weather. Also, what’s with the weather? We had a thirty-degree drop overnight! Now it’s rainy and miserable (and, coincidentally, excellent weather for tea-drinking). What’s the world coming to? I blame education.
Today: Rain before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Some thunder is also possible. Steady temperature around 37. Windy, with a north northwest wind between 20 and 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Man, I’m really glad they warned me about the thunder. Otherwise I might have been scared.
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