I realize it's a lot more complicated than the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. It has to do with axis, rotation, hemispheres, longitude, latitude and a whole lot more.
As the anniversary of Hurricane Bob approached and Henri seemed to be making its way to our shores, there were a number of words and phrases in our day-to-day vocabulary as we both reminisced and prepared.
I met Susan Wilder Hobby more than 30 years ago. I look at three pieces of her artwork daily: a barrel stave painting of Menemsha Texaco, a small watercolor of Station Menemsha, and a shadow box with dried flowers, shells and a few little trinkets that have since passed their prime but still bring me joy.
They all laughed at me and rolled their eyes when I said I thought I could smell a slight smoky aroma in the haze that enveloped us. Sure enough, that haze was courtesy of wildfires far, far way.
After Hans Solmssen, with a great big smile on his face, described the fantastic state of his and Sally's household, my thoughts immediately went to a children's story by Cynthia Rylant titled The Relatives Came.
