An Active Volcano

bp Amoco exploded last night. Wow was it exciting! Ronnie called and said, "Turn on channel 16, Dow Chemical just blew up!" He was driving by when it happened. Then seconds later the emergency sirens sounded for a long time and REAL loud. Channel sixteen said to shelter in place and wait for further instructions. Friends began calling to check on us when they saw the big fire on the news. Helicopters were flying overhead. I wasn't concerned, but excited. Then last night I dreamed we were considering buying a house in a European country right next to an active volcano. While we were looking at it, chunks of partially cooled lava were flying at us and hitting the house. We were dodging them as they were flying everywhere. I yelled, "I don't want to buy a house by an active volcano!" Go figure, all this happened on the day that I resolved to buy this house, again.

Barry replanted the "FriedaBiscus" the other day. I am so happy about that. It is such a beautiful bush. It was given to us by Maureen and Toni from Nova Chemicals when Mother died. It blooms beautiful orange blossoms. I know without a doubt that Mother would have been so pleased with it.

Mrs. Parnell, my ederly neighbor across the alley, just pulled in her driveway. She looks just like Mom from a distance, with her thin, stringy hair, and her body movements. She is swaying back and forth as she walks to her back door. Her daughter was in the same hospital as Mom at the same time, and she, too, died. But she was only in her early 40's. I visited with her one day. She was full of life that day as she was receiving her first dose of chemo.

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous the past few days. Barry, Judy, and I participated in "Trash Bash" day by picking up trash on the TC Dike. It was fun being with people and getting sunburned.

Well, I will now get back to reading about the Caribbean...