Force Majeure
Not 12 hours after me, Jennifer, Hope and our respective husband and boyfriends were hanging out on my patio debating Twin Peaks vs. Carnivale, an old school bus--curtains drawn and bogged down by various luggage and bicycles tethered to the powder blue, painted roof--pulled up across the street from my house. Its riders deboarded; randomness ensued. It's not often that you have to tell your children, "Sweeties, watch out for the guy juggling on a unicycle" before exiting your driveway. I'm just saying.
The evening ended with storm of biblical proportions that seemly came out of nowhere, resulting in a lightening bolt striking the 40-year-old tree in my front yard and thereby breaking off the entire top of the 30ft. beauty. The piece, along with its lower-tiered brothers and sisters, came crashing down just inches from my bedroom window. There's nothing like waking up to the smell of burnt bark and the need for a chainsaw in the morning. Good times. Now, if I can just find an arborist who will also fix my toilet and dishwasher at the same time, I'll be a happy homeowner.
David Lynch, where are you?
--Vickie
posted by Vickie Howell @ 7:36 PM
4 Comments:
Hi Vickie:
Longtime reader...first time commenter.
Sounds like an amazing 24 hours. I think you should have some needles turned from your lightening bolt tree. You never know what beauty or genius could come from needles created that way.
Love your show & blog. Rebecca
You just can't make this stuff up, (love the pic of the dude on the unie.)
Twin Peaks - definitely. Although my husband would totally disagree.
I can relate to the tree incident - we've experieced much the same... though I love Rebecca's idea of getting some needles made from the branches! Too cool!
I received my long awaited autographed copy of your book in the mail today - thank you so much!!!! :)
Can't wait for the new episodes... of course I'm still finding several that are "new" to me as I set my VCR daily to record and watch in the evening...
KNIT ON!
Nichole in NH
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