Virginia again. I have picked up about 4 weeks of work over this summer. Eric drove me back after his long trip across the country in his new car. We drove back over my favorite route. 15 to 40 to 81 to 66. How hard could it be? Virginia has responded by having the hottest June in eons. And most humid. How dare they! Luckily, Eric and Cindy run a cool house, so I've been content.
I guess a bit too content, since I haven't been writing. I have been reading or listening to books too numerous to mention. Really, not going to mention them. Well, maybe just one in conjunction with another. Eric and I listened to Churchill's book The Grand Alliance, Part 1. Oh, it was just part one, no wonder it ended so abruptly. Anyway, I also got Citizens of London on sale through Audible. It covered approximately the same time but was written by a journalist with no stake in the events. Therefore she was able to talk about events a bit more forthrightly. This was all very interesting. You should really read about these people. It always leaves me a little disheartened to know that the people we want to be perfect are merely human. Does this mean Obama too?
So besides work and avoiding the heat, I've been working on my needlepoint until this week. On Wednesday, Eric and I drove to Cass, West Virginia to ride an old lumber train. I promised Karen I would take lots of pictures. They are on my Picasa site. The town is high in the hills, so we finally got out of the heat and humidity of DC. It was a bit too cool for Eric, in fact uncomfortably so. Sweaters and jackets are good things. The wood cutting stopped in 1960. It was no longer profitable since they had chopped down most of the trees. Oh sure, they planted more, but it seems that the red spruce trees they preferred need to have older hardwood trees to shelter them. All of this takes time. So the state bought the property.
It was interesting to be in West Virginia as their Senator Byrd was lying in the Senate. It was interesting to think about what that highly maintained state is going to do now that they have lost their senator.
Oh, and I got a traffic ticket in Maryland on the way to WVa. I'd been driving for about two minutes when I was caught in a speed trap. Sigh. He fixed it so it won't be reported to my insurance in CA. I'm sure he tells all the "offenders" that. Such a deal. Such a joy to be back in my cool room in this now temperate state.
