Good Night Irene - No Nightmares Please!
Probably like many of you, you are thinking and praying for the people in the path of Irene. I have family in her path. I have friends, new and old, in her path. I’m praying too. I’ve been through a few hurricanes in my life; in relative terms, nothing too serious or intense. Just lots of wind and rain – I’ve been through worse storms with impending tornadoes – although fortunately, never been in the full path of a tornado either. I remember Gloria . She came up the East Coast slamming Connecticut in 1985. We’d move to CT the year before. We had our first little house. The cracker box two bedroom cape I’ve written about here . We boarded windows. We waited. A neighbor came over to keep us company. I never understood why. My husband was not happy about this intruder. I took it in my stride. I remember we played board games. Another thing my husband doesn’t care for – he’s not a fun and games s...