Sunday 9:30 am: More rain and heavy cloud cover have socked us in. If I were flying in an airplane today I would make a large detour around the Saint John Valley, and hope all my navigational instruments worked. With both feet planted firmly on the ground the most I have to think about is; where I put our umbrellas.

Saturday and Sunday mornings are our days to listen to CBC Radio One, which of course is just a stone’s throw away for us. Already today with a third of an inch of rain since we woke up, radio listening is a good choice. We’re debating whether to drive to Caribou, ca. 35 miles away, to buy the Sunday edition of the New York Times. I think we have a tie vote between my wife and me. Life is too complicated with issues like; getting wet and drive or don’t drive.

Switching from analog to digital thinking, our power went off very briefly and my computer had to reboot: Which isn’t too much of a problem, except I lost my whole train of thought. All those beeps beeping and LEDs flashing can be confusing. My brain [version 2.0] says to me, “System error – please reboot.” So as it continues to rain heavily, I need to reboot that computer that occupies the space between my ears. And I need to upload this blog before our power goes out again.

Current values from our wireless Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 59.1° [F.]

Barometer: 29.685 & steady

Wind: SSE at 3 mph light & variable

Humidity: 100%

Visibility: < ½ mile

Skies: 100% low overcast

Precipitation: .37 inch – rain

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 57.3° [F.] at 2:15 am

High wind: 10 mph at 9:04 am