Thursday Morning

Did it rain again last night?, or is it just heavy dew? If it wasn't for this recent rainy spell, I would have mowed yesterday. The day is starting sunny, and I might be able to mow this afternoon if I really wanted. Which I don't. The thing is, there's a good chance of storms tonight, which means, if the lawn is indeed dry enough this afternoon, I should take advantage of he opportunity and knock out the chore before I am left to watch the lawn grow wild. I'll see how I feel this afternoon.

Some dreams. But I cannot recall them. The only thing I have is seeing the nameplate of somebody named Nous, maybe a judge or politico, which is defined by Dictionary.com as "Greek philosophy: mind or intellect", or "Neoplatonism: the first and purest emanation of the One, regarded as the self-contemplating order of the universe." *Shrugs* Maybe it's the chess. You would have to go back to my twenties to find me playing with such exalted concepts.

I have decided to go back to making a 'morning business' journal entry. I don't think I will be going back to blurting a dozen or more entries a day, but I often feel an urge in the early morning to record these little mundane business details. Maybe it's because I am at my most alert and mindful and feeling a little young, at least if I have had a decent night's sleep. Maybe it will help to keep up my writing spirit.

Home Life

It is definitely dry enough to mow this afternoon. But there is not a cloud in the sky and it's 90 degrees out there. It feels like summer. Checking the forecast, while there is a 35% chance of rain tomorrow morning, there is also a forecast for cloudy skies. So, I'm going 'all in' that it won't rain tomorrow morning, or at least not enough to make a difference, and that it will be a much more comfortable mow. I just cannot face suffering under that sun today.

Reading Life

Shit, I find myself spiraling into ever more reading blocks. Recall that I have already cut into my Supreme Court block with a foray into Watergate with Dean's "Blind Ambition", which has threatened to become a block in its own right, as I am considering taking on Dean's "The Nixon Defense: What He knew and When He knew it", which is supposed to include a lot of the transcription from the notorious tapes. And, now, I feel myself drawn to the Alger Hiss case, which was the case that propelled Nixon into the national spotlight, and is a case that Nixon always loved to harp on, so that I might hit a couple of those books. If I do follow through on all this enthusiasm, I will just follow my trail of breadcrumbs back, that is, after the Hiss books, I'll come back to "The Nixon Defense", and then I will resume my reading on the Supreme Court - assuming I don't find myself falling into any other bunny holes. In truth, I love being excited about a number of topics, feeling a little revival of youth, but I sometimes wish that I could stay focused. However, just as not all men can stay true to one woman, neither can I stay focused on one block of books. The wandering eye...the sense that happiness lies just over there - no, over there!