dual personalities

How was your weekend? After an eventful and busy week at work, I was hoping for a quiet weekend, and due in large part to Mother Nature, I was successful.

On Saturday I went to a couple of estate sales and was able to pick up a few things which I will give as presents to daughters # 1 and 2 this year. I picked up a few Captain Alatriste books for myself.

After estate saling I got my hair cut and my hairdresser gave me spiritual advice about looking for another church after I confessed to her that I was unhappy with my church and, dare I say, my denomination. “Stay and pray,” she said, which I thought was very good advice and I will try to follow it.

All week we were warned by our various flyover weather pundits about a snow storm that was bound to hit on Sunday.

For once, they were spot on and I spent the day puttering around my house. As you know, there is nothing I like better. I also love to sit and watch it snow, so I did a lot of that.

I finished The Age of Doubt, a good mystery by Andrea Camilleri about my favorite Italian detective, Inspector Montalbano. I also received the April issue of Garden & Gun on Friday so I caught up on all things southern-hipster.

I also watched Time Bandits (1981), Terry Gilliam’s charming fantasy about a clever but “untidy” boy (Kevin) who joins a group of dwarves who have stolen a map from the Supreme Being. They jump from time period to time period looking for treasure to steal.

That’s God on the left.

This movie is a wonderful discourse about good and evil wherein we are reminded that “God does not care about technology” and that the existence of evil “has something to do with free will.” And Ralph Richardson in a three piece suit is and always shall be my perfect image of the Supreme Being.

…and more snow!

We ended up with 12.4″–our biggest snow since the huge snow of 1982! No school today.