Another Rainy Day


We had 8 – 10 inches of rain last Friday. We got another half-inch today – the old rainy days and Mondays situation.

I spent the day doing housework, watching some shows we recorded and thinking about possible plots for the 50,000-word novel. I’ve got 2 ideas, one serious, one more light hearted.

The lighthearted one would be the hardest to write but probably the most fun. Here is the plot. It involves a guy who has had a remarkable ability to dream all his life. He succeeds in becoming an astronaut and because of his dreaming ability is recruited into a NASA study on hibernation and sleep for long space voyages. A lab accident changes his dreaming. He can’t readily distinguish what is a dream and what is reality. His dreams also can foretell future events. It gets a little complicated from here so that’s all I’ll say for now. I’m planning on him having a nerdy sidekick.


The serious plot would be about a terrorist threat that has the potential to wipe out the human race. The president assembles a special team to either neutralize the threat or guarantee the survival of the race. This story could turn into a new Adam and Eve story determining what parts of civilization to keep and what to let go.

Kitty Update – The count is still at 5 cats. Velcro likes being pet and about once a week Meredith allows me to pet her. The auto cat feeder may be down for the count after 1 year of operation. Whatever critter is hitting it at night has learned how to break the feeding cup and gain access to the entire food supply. I’m designing the next generation feeder. It will use a rotisserie motor to turn the feeding wheel. We got the motor for 25 cents at an estate sale. With the year of experience on the current feeder I should be able to make a reliable critter-proof feeder.

I began reading the last Harry Potter book yesterday. I finished 1 of the 17 discs. If the rest of the story is as interesting as disc 1 I will enjoy it.

Maybe the sun will be out tomorrow.