April 25, 2013 - "How Long Can You Tread Water?"

It was sunny all day yesterday, and today there is cloud cover but sunshine is still peeking through. This has to be a record for this month - a day and a half without rain (or snow flurries, or sleet, or freezing rain or freezing mist). As I write this at the beginning of the third week of April we have had 5.76 inches of rain so far, for the month of April. This puts us 3.51 inches ahead of a normal April. I know "April showers bring May flowers" so I'm expecting a spectacular May, flower-wise. Being somewhat of a worrier by nature, this has me thinking about all the rain. Put that together with the fact that all the animals and birds are pairing up, and yes, I know it is that time of year, but still... I keep having flashbacks to when I was a mere slip of a girl listening to (vinyl) records on my Victrola by Bill Cosby (his first album, I believe "Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow. Right") that contained a comedy routine about Noah, which feature a dialog with him and the Lord. If memory serves, at one point the question "How long can you tread water?" is posed. For some reason that question keeps echoing through my mind and my answer does too. I can't tread water very long at all. So, with that cheerful thought and always hoping for the best - more sun, rain only when and only as much as needed - let's examine all the new books that have arrived (not by boat (or ark)) this past week. Enjoy!