Connie's Corner

T.S. Andrea...

We have our first named tropical storm of 2013, T.S.Andrea. She should be traveling over my area sometime late tomorrow or early Friday morning. Our rain forecast is 100%, duh? Hopefully, she will fly by and not be too windy. Flooding along the coast is the biggest threat now unless something terrible happens. It has been raining here ever since I said my yard was under an umbrella. Guess I learned my lesson . Hurricane season has begun . . . right on time. Andrea promises a stream of rain up the east coast, hopefully, no tornadic activity.

I continued on my transcribing today. My current WW II vet was a radioman/gunner on a B24. Because flights lasted ten to twelve hours, two men with these positions were necessary on each flight, and they interchanged duties as required by fatigue. Whoa! That sounds scary. When asked why he chose this (which he did volunteer for), he said he just wanted to fly in a plane and was not at all scared. He was eighteen at the time. Ah, youth. Since he was Navy, he started out at the Great Lakes, then went to Alameda, Ca., then to Jacksonville, Fl. After training between there and Bermuda, he flew to NYC and then to England. That was my cut-off point for today. I have to make myself quit.so that aggravating trapezius muscle doesn't swell up anymore! I've nicknamed it Livie (who knows why), my neck/shoulder typing lump.

I read somewhere in my Google roamings that today is National Gingerbread Day. Really? Okay, I can have a gingersnap!

until next time...c